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Devoxx Greece 2023

Devoxx Greece 2023 was the first time Devoxx was arranged in Greece. The conference has been around for a couple of years as Voxxed Days Athens and stepped up to become a part of the Devoxx family this year. The 1200 attendees show that this was the right step to take. About 25 percent of the attendees came from other countries making it a true international conference.

The venue is very flexible and was just about right-scaled for this year’s number of attendees. With the option of taking more and bigger rooms in use, it has the possibility to scale for future events.

I had a packed room with standing room only for my talk titled Develop Modern and Lightweight Cloud Applications with Jakarta EE 10.

Thanks to Donald Raab for taking this photo of me in front of the Acropolis during the walking tour that was organized for the speakers that arrived the day before the conference.

Jakarta EE Developer Survey

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The 2023 edition of the Jakarta EE Developer Survey is open until May 25, 2023. The date keeps getting closer and closer, so don’t wait! Spend a couple of minutes now to provide valuable insights.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #174

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

Conference season is upon us. Last week, I visited Bangalore, India to speak at GIDS 2023. This week I am going to Athens, Greece to speak at Devoxx Greece 2023. This is the first time Devoxx takes place in Greece after evolving from Voxxed Days Athens. I am thrilled to be a part of it!

The Platform Project is in the process of collecting issues to get a feel of the scope of the Jakarta EE 11. Check them out, and feel free to add anything you think is missing. The issue list is discussed in the weekly Jakarta EE Platform calls as well as in the Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture call.

On that topic, time flies when you’re having fun. It is already time for the next Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture call this upcoming week. Make sure to join this call to make your voice heard in the planning for Jakarta EE 11. The call is scheduled for 11:00 AM ET on May 2, 2023. Check the public calendar for details on how to join.

If you haven’t responded to the 2023 Jakarta EE Developer Survey yet, it is still open and will be open until May 25. There is no need to wait, take a couple of minutes and provide your valuable insights.

GIDS 2023

This was my third trip to Bangalore and the Great International Developer Summit 2023, or GIDS for short (I also did an online talk in 2020, but I don’t count those any longer…).

GIDS is a well-organized conference over four days with around 1200 attendees every day, some attending one day and others several days. One cool thing about this conference is the posters they set up outside the rooms with pictures of the speaker, title, and time for the talk. These posters offer an excellent opportunity for a selfie as demonstrated here.

My talk titled Modern and Lightweight Cloud Application Development with Java and Jakarta EE filled the room to capacity and then some. I am sorry for those who couldn’t get in, but hopefully, I will be back next year and maybe even get a bigger room.

Even if speaking at conferences is mostly hard work, there are opportunities for some relaxation in between, and India is not a bad place to be for those occasions. I enjoyed the fruit buffet, shopping for spices, and getting in a couple of laps in the pool at the hotel.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #173

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

I wrote in Hashtag Jakarta EE #172 that presented How To Be a Responsible Open Source Cicizen at the Java Heroes Mini Conference in Singapore last week. Take a look at this amazing drawing by Jérôme Bourgeon that summarizes the talk in one picture!

Related to the topic of this talk is the letter from thirteen open source bodies (Eclipse Foundation included) to the EU asking the European Commission to reconsider parts of the proposed Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Check out the blog series by Mike Milinkovich to learn more about this topic.

The Jakarta EE Platform continues its journey toward Jakarta EE 11. The team has now started collecting the issues to get a feel of the scope of the release. Check them out, and feel free to add anything you think is missing. The issue list is discussed in the weekly Jakarta EE Platform calls.

The input that was gathered from the community using the Jakarta EE 11 Discussion document also needs to be converted into GitHub issues. Please help out with this task. Keep in mind that if it isn’t present in the GitHub issue tracker, it will likely not be discussed and has less probability of making it to the release.

I am currently on my way to Great International Developer Summit (GIDS) in Bangalore where I will present Modern and Lightweight Cloud Application Development with Java and Jakarta EE. It is my third time speaking at GIDS in Bangalore, and I look very much forward to this trip!

If you haven’t responded to the 2023 Jakarta EE Developer Survey yet, it is still open and will be open until May 25. There is no need to wait, take a couple of minutes and provide your valuable insights.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #172

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

I am back from the JCP Executive Committee meeting in Singapore where we also participated in the Java Heroes Mini Conference organized by Singapore JUG. The conference started with a panel of all JCP EC Members, myself included. The panel discussion started with a short presentation by Georges Saab, and was moderated by Heather VanCura. After the panel, there were talks by Simon Ritter, Mala Gupta, and myself.

My talk was titled How to Be a Responsible Open Source Citizen. It is a non-technical talk about how to consume and contribute to open source in a safe way.

As always, when I travel, I try to get a run into my schedule and Singapore was no exception. As always sporting my Jakarta EE running shirt. Even in the heat and humidity in Singapore, it is the best way to recharge. And work, actually. Holly is really spot on with her blog post Why Your Desk is the Worst Place to Work, and Other Life Lessons from a Lazy Developer.

What makes a run such a great place to work is … the absence of work.

Holly Cummins

Hashtag Jakarta EE #171

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

I just came home from Devnexus where I had a great time as you can read about in Devnexus 2023. Next week, I am going to Singapore for the first face-to-face meeting in the Java Community Process Executive Committee since September 2019. As usual, there are several activities planned in addition to the actual meeting. Among those, I will speak at the Java Heroes Conference 2023 organized by the Singapore JUG.

The Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture Call happened this week. We talked about which specifications could be candidates to add to Jakarta EE 11. One of the most likely candidates is Jakarta Data. The plan review for Jakarta Data 1.0 was approved by the Jakarta EE Specification Committee last week, so it looks promising. For this, and other topics related to Jakarta EE 11, please take a look at the issues labeled EE11 in the Jakarta EE Platform Issue Tracker.

If you haven’t responded to the 2023 Jakarta EE Developer Survey yet, it is still open and will be until May 25. There is no need to wait, take a couple of minutes and provide your valuable insights.

Devnexus 2023

Devnexus is one of the absolute highlights of every conference year, and the 2023 edition was no exception. It truly is the place to be for the Java Community.

In addition to the dedicated Jakarta EE track featuring two days packed with amazing talks, we also had a booth where we had conversations about Jakarta EE as well as handed out swag. In addition to the usual stickers and t-shirts, we also had 5-year anniversary branded socks that proved to be extremely popular.

Speaking about the anniversary, at the end of the first conference day, we served 5-year anniversary cake at the booth.

My talk titled Jakarta EE for Spring Developers was well attended. With about sixty percent of the attendees being Spring developers, the topic hit the mark. In addition to pointing out how closely related Spring and Jakarta EE are, the major part of the talk is a demo where I migrate an application from Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3 with a focus on what to think of related to the namespace change from javax.* to jakarta.* and how it impacts Spring and Spring Boot.

And, of course, whenever possible, I invite everyone to join me in a Jakarta EE Community Morning Run before the conference day starts. This time, we did a community run on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #170

Welcome to issue number one hundred and seventy of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

The Jakarta EE Platform Project has started organizing the issue tracker for Jakarta EE 11. Issues that are relevant to Jakarta EE 11 are marked with the EE11 label. It is time for the Monthly Jakarta EE Platform Architecture call next week. Make sure to join this call to make your voice heard in the planning for Jakarta EE 11.

The call is scheduled for 11:00 AM ET on February 7, 2023. Check the public calendar for details on how to join.

In the upcoming week, I am going to Atlanta for Devnexus 2023. This year, there is an entire track dedicated to Jakarta EE. There will also be an informal Jakarta Meetup directly after the Jug Leaders Summit, which is happening on Tuesday.

If you’re an early bird, like me, or maybe wake up early due to time differences, or just enjoy a morning run, join me in the Jakarta EE Community Run at Devnexus 2023 if you are in the area next week.

The 2023 Jakarta EE Developer Survey is now open. The survey will be open until May 25, but there is no need to wait. Take a couple of minutes and provide your valuable insights.

Jakarta EE Community Run at Devnexus 2023

Next week is the week of Devnexus 2023! And the conference this year features a dedicated track to Jakarta EE that is packed with amazing content from world-class speakers. Not only the Jakarta EE Track, the conference has an amazing lineup as always. This is one of the reasons why Devnexus has sailed up to become the biggest and most important Java conference in the US.

Conferences can be exhausting, with long days at the venue. So many people to talk to, and so many talks to attend. I find that the best way to make sure that you are refreshed and recharged for a conference day is a morning run. That’s why I will arrange the first annual Jakarta EE Devnexus Community Run. In fact, while we’re at it, let’s do the second as well. Join me for a run on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings!

When
– 06:30am, Wednesday, April 5, 2023
– 06:30am, Thursday, April 6, 2023

Where
– By the Olympic Rings at the corner of Centennial Olympic Park