For EclipseCon 2022, we were back in Ludwigsburg again. Since the two previous editions of EclipseCon were virtual, this was the first time since 2019.

On Monday before the main conference, we had the Jakarta EE Community Day. The agenda featured a lot of interesting talks and discussion topics. Thanks to Reza Rahman for putting it together!

The program of EclipseCon 2022 contained lots of Jakarta EE-related content. The Jakarta EE stand was co-located with iJUG, and they did a great job handing out Jakarta EE branded luggage tags, card holders, hoodies, and stickers while answering questions from the attendees.

My talk titled Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lightweight Cloud Applications gathered a decent crowd. Check out the slides here.

Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lighweight Cloud Applications from Ivar Grimstad

As Justin points out, Java runs anywhere. And so does Emily. So this year we launched the Emily Challenge, which was to run every morning while at EclipseCon. I really enjoy these morning runs as a way to kickstart the conference days. We also had the annual Jakarta EE Community Run on Wednesday were six runners showed up.

Ok @EclipseCon, here's the deal.
-Mon, 0630: Morning run
-Tue, 0630: Morning run
-Wed, 0700: #JakartaEE Run
-Thu: 0630: Morning run

Meet in the Nestor lobby

Join all for the @emilyfhjiang challenge!

Join the @JakartaEE run for swag!#runWithJakartaEE #EclipseCon pic.twitter.com/T1qptqJk5k

— Ivar Grimstad (@ivar_grimstad) October 23, 2022

JavaOne is BACK! Even if the 2022 edition was a bit smaller than we are used to for JavaOne, it still had the good old JavaOne community feeling. It didn’t really matter that it had moved from San Francisco to Las Vegas. The Caesar’s Forum is an excellent venue for JavaOne! And it was only a short walk over to the Venetian Expo for those that wanted to pay Oracle Cloud World a visit.

The only one missing the main character of them all. Somehow, Duke didn’t make the move from San Francisco to Las Vegas. My guess is that he is roaming the streets around the Hilton looking for Duke’s Café. If you see him, please point him in the direction of Las Vegas, so he can join next year’s JavaOne.

Before the conference, a small group of us went for a trip to Red Rock Canyon. You can read all about it in Jakarta EE Social Run – Red Rock Canyon.

There was a lot of Jakarta EE content at JavaOne 2022, as indicated in my post Jakarta EE at JavaOne 2022.

One of my favorite moments was working on the Eclipse Starter for Jakarta EE at the Hackergarten on Wednesday morning together with Josh Juneau and Ivo Woltring. We made great progress, and you will soon be able to generate Jakarta EE projects in the easiest way possible. Stay tuned for more announcements regarding this.

The JCP party is one of the highlights of every JavaOne. No exception this time. Heather knows how to throw a party! Catching up with old and new friends while enjoying great food, drinks, and the Nullpointers band.

Hope to see as many of you as possible at JavaOne in September next year!

Early Sunday morning, a small group of developers got in a car and headed for the Red Rock Canyon. After navigating through the mazes of casinos on the Strip, they made it there.

Among the five, there were three runners, Mattias, Rustam, and Ivar (myself if you were in doubt). The rest of the group was Gerrit and Mads who took care of the photography. They also took care of the car keys, so at least they would make it to JavaOne if the rest of us got lost in the desert…

What an event Devoxx Belgium is! 3200 attendees, more than 200 speakers, and five days packed with awesome content. And, of course, the hallway track! Kinepolis in Antwerp during Devoxx is definitely the place to be if you are a Java developer interested in interacting with the best.

My talk titled Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lightweight Cloud Applications was scheduled for Thursday early afternoon. It went well, all the demos worked, and I received a lot of positive feedback after the session.

Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lighweight Cloud Applications from Ivar Grimstad

I also did a Jakarta EE BOF with Edwin on Tuesday evening. Even at this late hour, a decent crowd turned up, and we had some interesting discussions. If you’re new to conferences and want to have some informal interaction with the experts within a field, BOFs are a great place. This is exactly what they are for.

JConf Dev 2022 (aka DEEP. DISH. JAVA.) felt like a smaller version of Devnexus. It sure has the potential to grow into something more prominent once the fine citizens of Chicago discover what they missed out on in 2022. Stay tuned for 2023, and make sure to grab your ticket before it is sold out!

Besides enjoying the culinary treats of Chicago (i.e. deep dish pizza), I also had a talk titled Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lightweight Cloud Applications on the second day of the conference. You can check out the slides below.

Jakarta EE 10 – Simplicity for Modern and Lighweight Cloud Applications from Ivar Grimstad

I always try to get a morning run when I am at conferences. As does Emily, so when we’re at the same conference we usually go for a run together. In Chicago, we met up at 6:30 every day for a run along Lake Michigan.

The Call-for-Paper for JakartaOne Livestream 2022 is now open. As in previous years, this will be a one-day virtual conference that focuses on technologies evolving around Jakarta EE. The event will happen on December 6, 2022.

The CFP will close on October 17, 2022. This year’s program committee will be doing rolling acceptance, so don’t wait until the last minute to submit. Early submissions have a better chance of getting accepted.

Submit your abstract now

You are probably all sick and tired of virtual events, and by now got the taste of what you have been missing from physical events. But, JakartaOne Livestream is one you don’t want to miss! I will actually go as far as saying if you’re speaking at one virtual event this year, it should be JakartaOne Livestream.

Previous Editions

• JakartaOne Livestream 2021
• JakartaOne Livestream 2020
• JakartaOne Livestream 2019
  

It is always pleasant to come back to my home country, even if I get a complete language meltdown as soon as I cross the border. Good thing Java is the common language 🙂

JavaZone draws a big crowd. 2500 developers at this year’s edition. Food is served in the exhibition hall throughout the day, so there are always a lot of people there. Definitely, a concept other conferences should consider if the facilities allow it.

Jakarta EE 10 – Feature by Feature from Ivar Grimstad

My talk Jakarta EE 10 – Feature by Feature was scheduled for Thursday morning. It gathered a decent crowd despite the Awezone party going on into the late hours on Wednesday. All the Jakarta EE T-shirts, coasters, mouse pads, and screen wipes were handed out to the attendees. And stickers of course, always stickers!

The planning for this Year’s JakartaOne Livestream is about to start. Make sure to mark December 6, 2022, in your calendars!

Program Committee

We will soon start the work of putting together a program committee that will be responsible for reaching out to speakers and selecting talks. If you are interested in participating in this work, now is an excellent time to reach out to Tanja or me so we are made aware of your interest.

Format

JakartaOne Livestream 2022 will be virtual, that’s for sure. And it will most likely be a 12-hour show to accommodate most time zones. If you have any input regarding this, now is an excellent time to reach out to Tanja or me to tell us.

Theme

We usually choose a theme for JakartaOne Livestream. And we use this theme for a competition among the community members. The themes so far have been cake, cupcake, and pizza. It seems like there is a food theme for the themes, so I guess we should continue in that spirit this year as well. Any suggestions for what it should be? Now is an excellent time to reach out to Tanja or me to let us know.

Swag

Of course, there will be swag!

Save the Date

$ jshell
|  Welcome to JShell -- Version 18
|  For an introduction type: /help intro

jshell> import java.time.LocalDate

jshell> var jakartaOneLivestream = LocalDate.of(2022,12,6)
jakartaOneLivestream ==> 2022-12-06

jshell> 

The registration for EclipseCon 2022 is open. This year’s EclipseCon will take place in Ludwigsburg, Germany from October 24 to October 27.

There are some great Jakarta EE talks for you to attend! Also, remember to browse the complete program as there may be other topics that you will find interesting as well.

Here are a couple of arguments you can use if you need to convince your boss to be allowed to go to EclipseCon 2022:

• Inspiration – get inspired by attending talks by some of the greatest speakers in the community
• Network – meet and mingle with committers from all of the Eclipse Foundation projects
• Learn – listen to domain experts
• Master – participate in the hands-on-labs, or contribute to open source projects in the hackerspace
• Discuss – use the opportunity to discuss issues from your daily work with other community members in the hallway