May 2025 Community Newsletter
Check out our May community newsletter to learn about Jakarta EE 12, Eclipse LMOS, Lukas Mittag’s challenges, goals and advice as a committer
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Jakarta NoSQL 1.0 Final Released: Bridging Java and NoSQL With Standards
We’re thrilled to announce the final release of Jakarta NoSQL 1.0, a brand-new specification designed to bring standardization, productivity, and portability to NoSQL integration in the Java ecosystem.
This release marks a significant step in the Jakarta EE platform by introducing the first-ever NoSQL specification. Whether you’re working with document, key-value, column, or graph databases, Jakarta NoSQL is built to streamline your development experience.
Deploying Jakarta EE Applications with Payara Server and Payara Cloud
The Payara Platform includes two flavors: Payara Server and Payara Micro. Payara Server is a cloud-native middleware application platform supporting mission critical production systems with reliable and secure deployments of Jakarta EE. Payara Micro is the lightweight middleware platform for containerized Jakarta EE application deployments.
JDConf 2025
Microsoft JDConf is an opportunity for the Java community to connect with Microsoft, partners, and other luminaries for an exceptional two-day virtual experience.
Modernizing Enterprise Java Applications: Jakarta EE, Spring Boot, and AI Integration
This webinar explores practical strategies for enhancing enterprise Java applications with generative AI capabilities across Jakarta EE (Java EE) and Spring Boot platforms. Through hands-on demonstrations and real-world case studies, we'll examine framework-specific approaches for AI integration, including Spring AI for Boot applications and REST client patterns for Jakarta EE systems.
Attendees will learn:
- Building AI-powered features using Spring Boot's native AI tooling
- Implementing LLM integration patterns in Jakarta EE applications
How well did Jakarta EE 11 respond to the needs of developers?
Jakarta EE 11 release co-coordinator and Java Champion Ed Burns has analyzed the Platform Project's performance regarding incorporating developer feedback into the deliverable of Jakarta EE 11. Get the report card in this blog post.
SFSCON
The South Tyrol Free Software Conference, SFSCON, is one of Europe’s most established annual conferences on Free Software. SFSCON promotes the use of Free Software in digital infrastructures as a tool to achieve greater innovation and competitiveness. Here decision-makers and developers meet, learn and get inspired.
Check out the preview of Jakarta Data specification, now at Milestone 2, with Open Liberty 24.0.0.1-beta
Significant progress is being made on Jakarta EE 11 specifications, including the new Jakarta EE Data specification. Check it out as it currently stands at Milestone 2 with Open Liberty 24.0.0.1-beta in our latest blog.
JakartaOne Livestream
JakartaOne Livestream is a one day virtual conference for developers and technical business leaders that brings insights into the current state and future of Jakarta EE and related technologies focused on developing cloud native technologies for enterprise Java applications.