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Over the past couple of months I have had the opportunity to check out the Microsoft Azure JBoss EAP On App Service, and I wanted to share my thoughts on this service.  If you have not previousl...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2023/09/azure-jboss-eap-on-app-service.html

Have you been thinking of moving away from the Oracle JDK to OpenJDK?  The book "OpenJDK Migration for Dummies", written by Simon Ritter of Azul, provides direction for those who are looking to ...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2023/09/review-openjdk-migration-for-dummies.html

It is summer time, and that means warm weather, swimming pools, and ice cold drinks.  In this post, I will demonstrate how to develop a simple microservices-based application using Jakarta RESTf...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2023/07/cocktails-and-code-margaritas-and.html

 The JakartaOne Livestream 2022 will be held virtually on December 6th.  The Call for Papers is now open!   Please submit your paper to speak at an event that has been very well attended fo...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2022/09/jakartaone-livestream-2022.html

Apache NetBeans 12.5 - beta 1 is available for testing.  Please download it and give it a try at: https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Netbeans/job/netbeans-TLP/job/netbeans/job/release125/lastSuc...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2021/08/apache-netbeans-125.html

We've been hearing all about it.  Jakarta EE 9 will be released in November 2020.  The Jakarta EE working group and community have been working hard to bring this release to the masses, and it ...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2020/10/kicking-tires-of-jakarta-ee-9-with.html

In this post, I will demonstrate how to create a simple web service using Spring Boot.  This framework makes it almost effortless to develop web services, so long as the appropriate dependencies...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2020/09/developing-simple-service-with-spring.html

I am starting a new series of blog posts which will cover the ins and outs, tips and tricks of developing web and enterprise applications with Java.  Some people refer to enterprise meaning that...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2020/08/developing-web-enterprise-applications.html

For context, Jakarta EE 8 is very much the same as Java EE 6 through Java EE 8.  The main differences between Java EE 6 and Jakarta EE 8 are the inclusion of newer specifications and updated tec...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2020/08/developing-simple-web-service-with.html

Are you interested in helping out with moving Jakarta EE forward?  So am I, and I wanted to provide a few details that can be used to help those who are interested in getting started. Step 1: ...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2019/11/jakarta-ee-contribution-getting-started.html

If you are like me, you spend most of your day developing applications.  During that time, it is difficult to carve out the time to manage containers.  Writing a Dockerfile has almost become pa...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2018/11/automating-docker-deployments-using-jib.html

In the spring of 2018 when Oracle Code One was first announced, I was fairly certain that I would not be attending this year.  The main reason is because I normally only attended the JavaOne co...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2018/10/oracle-code-onea-conference-ill-never.html

There is a new microservices framework in town called Micronaut .  In this post, I'll discuss how I've ventured into working with the Micronaut framework from a Java EE/Jakarta EE perspective.�...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2018/09/micronaut-for-java-eejakarta-ee.html

In my last post, I spoke about how to obtain the Release Candidate of Apache NetBeans 9.0.  There have been some changes made since the Release Candidate (including the addition of a very nice u...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2018/06/apache-netbeans-90-how-to-build-run.html

First, I want to thank all of the developers that have been working hard on the Apache NetBeans 9.0 release.  I am on the mailing lists and these developers have been working around the clo...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2018/05/apache-netbeans-90-release-candidate.html

Wondering how to get started with Java EE Microservices?  It only takes a few quick steps to deploy a Microservice using Java EE APIs.  Many think that Java EE is too heavyweight for use with M...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/easy-java-ee-microservices-with-payara.html

Did you know that you can build Apache NetBeans from scratch today and utilize the latest JDK 9 features?  Here is how to do it: Clone the NetBeans Incubator sources to your machine: git clon...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/11/utilizing-apache-netbeans-with-jdk-9.html

About two years ago, thousands of Java developers attended the JavaOne 2015 conference and learned about specifications and features that would be part of the Java EE 8 platform.  These features...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/09/open-ee-my-thoughts-on-open-java-ee.html

Java EE 8 will be finalized and ready for public use soon.  There is no better time to get started testing the new features than now.  You can do so by grabbing a copy of my Java EE 8 Playgroun...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/07/java-ee-8-start-testing-today.html

A bit ahead of schedule, my latest book entitled Java 9 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, has just been published! This book is the 3rd Edition in the Java Recipes series.  It covers a...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/06/java-9-recipes-published.html

The Java EE 8 Platform has definitely been moving along within the past couple of months.  Specifications have been releasing early draft reviews, milestones, and even final releases.  As a mat...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/03/testing-java-ee-8.html

Contexts and Dependency Injection 2.0 (JSR 365 ), is an update to CDI 1.2, which is currently part of the Java EE 7 platform.  It is currently in Public Review stage .  For those of you who are...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2017/03/jsr-365-update-digging-into-cdi-20.html

I had the pleasure of attending JavaOne this year, and I can sum up the experience in one word:  Brilliant.  This year was much different than in years past for me, as I had one talk to co-pres...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2016/09/javaone-2016-follow-up.html

A while back, Geertjan Wielenga had posted about a NetBeans plugin that had been developed for the upcoming Java EE 8 MVC framework.  The plugin was originally developed by Manfred Riem, co-spe...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2016/09/netbeans-java-ee-8-mvc-plugin.html

One of the new features in NetBeans 8.2 is the ability to color profiler results differently based upon filters.  This can make things visually stand out, and easier to follow in the profiler ou...

https://jj-blogger.blogspot.com/2016/07/netbeans-82-profiler-colored-results.html