Hashtag Jakarta EE #224 Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-four of Hashtag Jakarta EE! I am home from Devnexus 2024 just in time for writing this post. Since most of last week was dedicated to the Jakarta EE track at Devnexus which I covered in the blog post from the event, I will keep this Hashtag fairly short. The upcoming week will be spent at home before I travel eastward to India for GIDS. The Jakarta EE 11 specifications are steadily moving through the release reviews and here is the current status: Done: – Jakarta Annotations 3.0 – Jakarta Contexts and Depend ..read more

OCX 2024: Celebrating Community, Code and Collaboration TL;DR - Don't miss the opportunity to participate in Open Community Experience 2024, a new conference for our vibrant community of communities.   At the Eclipse Foundation, our ethos is anchored in three pivotal Cs: Community, Code, and Collaboration. These principles are so integral to our mission that when we re-envisioned our flagship event for 2024, we aimed to include these themes. As a code-first community, we initially introduced our revamped event as the Open Code Experience (OCX). However, after careful reflection and, in f ..read more

Open Source Is a Key Enabler for Sustainable Development Within the Eclipse Foundation’s community, we believe in technology as a force for good. Eclipse open source projects are used by millions of developers worldwide, and are supported by more than 2,000 dedicated committers in over 50 countries. The technologies under our stewardship are accessible to all and adaptable across diverse global contexts. Our approach to software development and community building is in line with the fundamental values of the open source software (OSS) model  — namely, openness, inclusivity, transparency ..read more

Hashtag Jakarta EE #223 Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-three of Hashtag Jakarta EE! A busy week for the Java Community is coming up. One of the finest Java conferences in Europe is happening at the same time as the premier Java conference in the US. JavaLand and Devnexus in the same week! I am usually a regular at both of these events, so this year I had to choose. It will be the first edition of JavaLand that I am not present at having been speaking there at every one of the nine previous ones. A bummer, but that’s the way it is. We are repeating the success from last ye ..read more

Unlock New Sponsorship Opportunities at OCX 2024 OCX 2024 is your gateway to unparalleled engagement within the vibrant open source community. As we gear up for another groundbreaking conference, we're excited to unveil a host of sponsorship opportunities designed to elevate your brand and forge meaningful connections with industry leaders and innovators. Whether you're aiming to showcase your latest technologies or tap into a network of passionate developers and open source enthusiasts, OCX 2024 has the perfect platform for your ambitions. With tiers from Diamond to Bronze, each sponsorship ..read more

JDevSummitIL 2024 I rarely give online talks nowadays after getting an overflow of it during the pandemic. But sometimes, circumstances prevent travel, so online is the only option. That was the case with my talk at JDevSummitIL 2024. With reports of 250 attendees watching the talk, it must be deemed a success even if online talks are not optimal, neither for the speaker nor the audience. I did the From Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3 with Java 2122 and Jakarta EE talk, which has been incredibly popular throughout 2023 and 2024. I guess I will keep submitting it to CFPs as long as it keeps ..read more

202404-01 Eclipse Foundation Security Advisory The Eclipse Foundation Security Team has been made aware of the vulnerability VU#421644 affecting multiple HTTP/2 implementations, that could cause an out-of-memory crash. The crash could happen if there is an insufficient limit on insufficient limitation of the number of CONTINUATION frames in one stream. The description of the issue with links to various CVEs assigned is available from https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644   Potentially affected Eclipse project teams have performed their analysis, and the results are as follows: Ec ..read more

Showcasing Open Innovation at embedded world 2024: An Eclipse Foundation Preview With embedded world 2024 just around the corner, we're thrilled to offer a sneak peek into the groundbreaking projects and innovations that are shaping the future, all thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Eclipse Foundation and our vibrant community.  Join us in Nuremberg April 9th to 11th at booth 4-554, Hall 4, as we unveil a diverse spectrum of open source projects and technologies spanning the entire embedded ecosystem. At the Eclipse Foundation booth, you'll have the opportunity to explore th ..read more

Hashtag Jakarta EE #222 Welcome to issue number two hundred and twenty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! This week I was in Bucharest for Voxxed Days Bucharest 2024. Even with a strike looming over Austrian Airlines, my trip was smooth without disruptions. The release reviews of the Jakarta EE 11 specifications are progressing. The current status of these reviews are: Done: – Jakarta Expression Language 6.0 In progress: – Jakarta Annotations 3.0 – Jakarta Contexts and Dependency Injection 4.1 – Jakarta Interceptors 2.2 – Jakarta Web Socket 2.2 About to start: – Jakarta ..read more

Voxxed Days Bucharest 2024 My first visit to Voxxed Days Bucharest was a pleasant experience with great keynotes and three parallel tracks filled with excellent content. With so many great speakers, the hallway track and speaker dinners are like conferences on their own. I had a packed room for my talk From Spring Boot 2 to Spring Boot 3 with Java 22 and Jakarta EE with an engaged audience and good questions after the talk. Check out the slides here. In between the talks, we could join the sun in the atrium. No better place to write this blog than that. I also had some time for a walk around ..read more