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Hashtag Jakarta EE #277

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

It has been quiet around Jakarta MVC for a while, so I am happy to announce that Jakarta MVC 3.0 is under release review as we speak. This release is aligned with Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile and comes with the following features:

  • CSRF projection by default
  • Accessor for form method to overwrite the field name
  • Replace the proprietary Krazo default view extension with an API constant
  • Remove the requirement for implementations to support the Facelets view engine

Eclipse Krazo 4.0.0 comes in two flavours: Eclipse Krazo for Jersey and Eclipse Krazo for RESTEasy. Eclipse Krazo for Jersey 4.0.0 passes all the Jakarta MVC 3.0 TCK tests, while Eclipse Krazo for RESTEasy 4.0.0 has one test failing at the time of writing this post.

A plan for Jakarta MVC 3.1 is also proposed and currently being reviewed. This release will align with the proposed Jakarta EE 12 APIs. Maybe this is the release MVC will make it into Jakarta EE Web Profile? Which brings us over to Jakarta EE 12. The plan reviews for the specifications targeting Jakarta EE 12 are going on. The Jakarta EE 12 Plan Review Status board shows the current status of these plan reviews.

Coming up this week for me is GIDS in Bangalore, India. This year, I have two talks scheduled: Jakarta EE Meets AI and Boost Your Performance and Developer Productivity with Jakarta EE 11. On Tuesday night, I will participate in the BevRelJam Bengaluru – April 2025 together with a couple of the other speakers at GIDS. I look forward to engaging with the Indian Developer Community this week.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #276

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

We are getting closer and closer to finalizing the refactoring of the Jakarta EE Platform TCK. The goal right now is to have the Jakarta EE 11 Platform ready for release review by the end of May 2025. Stay tuned for updates.

Plan reviews for Jakarta EE 12 are going on as we speak. Check out the progress in the Jakarta EE 12 Plan Review status board. My guess is that we will see quite a few more coming forward as the April 15 deadline is fast approaching.

The 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey is ongoing. If you haven’t done it yet, please respond to help us shape the evolution of Jakarta EE. It is important for us to gather the perspective from a diverse audience, so we have made the survey available in multiple languages, including  English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.

Participate Today!

Hashtag Jakarta EE #275

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

Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile is released! It’s a little later than planned, but we’re finally there, and Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile joins Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile among the released specifications. It has been a tremendous effort to refactor the TCK.

Eclipse GlassFish was used as the ratifying compatible implementation of Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile. It would expect other implementations, such as Open Liberty, WildFly, Payara, and more to follow suit over the next weeks and months. Check out the expanding list of Compatible Products of Jakarta EE 11.

JavaLand 2025 happened last week. You can read about it in my blog post from the event. I will now be at home for the next couple of weeks before traveling to Bangalore, India for the Great International Developer Summit (GIDS).

JavaLand 2025

JavaLand has always been one of my absolute favourite conferences. With one exception, I have been to every one of them. JavaLand 2025 was, as last year, located at Nürburgring. The location is good, but not perfect, which the attendee numbers show. Next year’s JavaLand will be back in a theme park again.

My talk at JavaLand this year was Boost Your Performance and Developer Productivity with Jakarta EE 11. I gave an overview of Jakarta EE 11, showed some demos, and gave an indication for where Jakarta EE 12 is headed.

The Jakarta EE Community Panel has become a tradition at JavaLand. The setup is that we gather panelists during the conference among the speakers and attendees and let them answer and discuss questions from the moderator or the audience in a very informal, relaxed manner. This year’s panelists were Ed Burns, Emily Jiang, Jan Westerkamp and Matthias Bünger.

Another tradition at JavaLand is the Wednesday morning JavaLand Jogging. This is actually where I got the inspiration for #runWithJakartaEE. This year, I was asked to host the event, which I accepted with pleasure.

This is the best way to kickstart the day before the conference!

Since JavaLand was hosted at Nürnburgring, the activities naturally were car-related, with the Ring Kartbahn where we could race in electric solar powered go-karts. Eclipse Foundation had a booth this year with an unusual choice of swag…expect to see Jakarta EE branded towels throughout Europe this summer. At the Tuesday evening party, we had some fun with the social media wall. Check out the Bluesky handles for Andres, Benjamin, Brian, Carmen, Alina, and myself.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #274

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

The Release Review for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile has started! According to the process, it will conclude on April 7 at the latest. When I write this, seven out of ten members have voted +1, which means that super-majority is reached and Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile in practice has passed the release review.

So, what about the Jakarta EE 11 Platform? The status, as of Wednesday is that we are down to ~50 test failures, most of which pass for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile. This is an indication that there is some configuration or setting for the CI jobs that may be the problem.

Plan reviews for the component specifications targeting Jakarta EE 12 are ongoing. So far eight specifications have completed, or are in the process of completing their plan reviews. More are expected to follow as we get closer to April 15, the deadline communicated by the Jakarta EE Platform project. Check out the Jakarta EE 12 Plan Reviews Project Board for a complete overview.

In the upcoming week, I will be at JavaLand where I have several talks in addition to helping out with the booth Jakarta EE is having in cooperation with Eclipse IDE and Adoptium. I hope to see you there!

And, of course, there will be the traditional JavaLand Jogging on Wednesday morning.

JavaOne 2025

JavaOne 2025 returned to the Bay Area as a standalone event. It was held at the Oracle Conference Center at the Oracle Campus in Redwood Shores. While significantly smaller than it used to be, it was an excellent revival of the conference. The event team managed to create an extremely friendly feel-good vibe. Coffee was served all day, and Duke was there. Duke even rocked the dance floor to the Nullpointers at the attendee party. On Wednesday morning at 6:30 AM, a surprisingly large group of attendees met for the JavaOne morning run.

Jakarta EE was well represented by Tanja and myself. We had a booth on the exhibition floor located between our friends at Microsoft and Payara. Lots of attendees came by our booth, which resulted in good conversations. It was such a blast to meet all the community members there.

I had a packed room with standing room only for my talk titled The Evolution of Enterprise Java with Jakarta EE 11 and Beyond. The talk takes us through the past, present, and future of Enterprise Java, with an obvious focus on Jakarta EE. It has some cool code demos and some fun anecdotes from the past.

Mark your calendars for March 2026 for the next edition of JavaOne!

Hashtag Jakarta EE #273

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

I’m on my way home after JavaOne 2025. As usual, I will cover the conference in a separate post shortly. There was so much going on during this hectic week, so I haven’t had time to sit down and write the post yet. It was an awesome conference! If you weren’t able to attend this year, I would recommend that you do so next year.

The release review ballot for Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile is as good as ready to start. There are only some minor adjustment left until it is ready. Eclipse GlassFish has passed the TCK and the Compatibility Certification Request has been approved. Congratulations to the project for achieving this!

Another thing that surfaced seemingly out of nowhere this week was that the MicroProfile steering committee started discussing the possibility of merging MicroProfile in under the Jakarta EE working group. This is certainly a welcoming initiative as it will reduce the unnecessary confusion of these two working groups and brands. In my opinion it is a win-win for both, and something that should have happened a long time ago. The specifications will be put alongside the existing Jakarta EE specifications and making the platform more complete and offered to a broader audience by taking advantage of the stronger brand that Jakarta EE is.

The 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey – Your Voice Matters!

The 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey is now open! This annual survey plays a key role in gathering insights from the global enterprise Java community to help shape the future of Jakarta EE. Whether you’re a developer, architect, or business leader working with Java, your input is essential in guiding the evolution of cloud native Java technologies.

For the past eight years, thousands of Java professionals worldwide have contributed their perspectives, enabling the Jakarta EE Working Group to support innovation and improvements in the ecosystem. Your feedback directly influences Jakarta EE’s priorities, ensuring it meets the needs of modern application development.

Who Should Participate?

This survey is open to all professionals working with Java, regardless of their role, industry, or geographic location. To ensure we gather perspectives from a diverse audience, the survey is available in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.

Why Participate?

The survey provides key insights into:

  • Technology choices – Popular frameworks, runtimes, and tooling for building and maintaining enterprise Java applications.
  • Java adoption trends – How developers are using Java SE, Java EE, and Jakarta EE, including migration patterns.
  • Cloud deployment strategies – The current and future state of Java applications in cloud environments.
  • Modernisation approaches – How organisations are evolving their Java applications for the cloud native era.

Community feedback is essential to the future of Jakarta EE! Your participation helps shape our roadmap, ensuring that it continues to align with developer needs. The insights gained from the survey guide enhancements in areas such as:

  • Kubernetes and container support
  • Microservices and serverless computing
  • Adapting to Java SE innovations
  • Security, testing, and performance improvements

What Else Are We Looking Into?

With Jakarta EE 11 nearly ready for release, we’re taking a look at which Jakarta EE versions developers are using. We are also diving deeper into the migration tools developers use to transition to Jakarta EE, including:

  • Apache Tomcat Migration Tool
  • Eclipse Transformer
  • IBM Transformation Advisor & Mono2Micro
  • IntelliJ IDEA’s migration tool
  • Red Hat Migration Toolkit Assistant (MTA)
  • AI-driven migration tools

Additionally, we’ll explore how developers are leveraging serverless computing, WebAssembly (Wasm), and AI-powered solutions within Jakarta EE-based applications.

Survey Details:

2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey
Open Until: 5 June 2025
Eligibility: Open to all Java professionals across industries and regions

Your time and insights are deeply valued. Join us in shaping the future of Jakarta EE by participating today!

Hashtag Jakarta EE #272

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

Jakarta NoSQL 1.0 has passed its release review and is now publicly available. This is a major milestone for the project. Congrats to the team!

It seems like this is the week of good news. The Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile is as good as ready for the release review ballot to start. The final version of the TCK has been staged, and Eclipse GlassFish passes it on both JDK 17 and JDK 21. I expect the ballot to start early next week, as soon as all the materials have been gathered.

I am currently on my way to California and JavaOne where I will present a brand new talk titled The Evolution of Enterprise Java with Jakarta EE 11 and Beyond. Since the talk has a historical aspect, I had to dig out my old Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans book to recap how it used to be. It is an understatement of another world to say that this platform has evolved to something so much simpler today. Come to my talk for the past, present, and future of Enterprise Java.

Hashtag Jakarta EE #271

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

I have just arrived home from Devnexus 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. The upcoming week, I will stay at home before going to JavaOne 2025 in Redwood Shores, California. Check out my past and upcoming conference on my Jakarta EE Developer Advocate page.

The Starter for Jakarta EE now has support for Jakarta EE 11. Check it out at start.jakarta.ee. At this point, only Jakarta EE 11 Core Profile is available for this version. Jakarta EE Web Profile and Jakarta EE 11 Platform will be available as soon as they are released.

On the topic of Jakarta EE 11, rumour has it that Eclipse GlassFish now passes the Jakarta EE 11 Web Profile TCK, so we should expect the release review to start shortly. Planning for Jakarta EE 12 goes on. Check out the progress of the plan reviews. The weekly Jakarta EE Platform call is the place to be if you want to be part of these discussions.