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Apache Tomcat 11.0 Delivers Support for Virtual Threads and Jakarta EE 11
Apache Tomcat 11 represents a pivotal advancement in web server technology, supporting Jakarta EE 11 and featuring virtual threads for efficient concurrency via Project Loom. Enhanced WebSocket performance, improved asynchronous processing, and robust security measures make it ideal for modern applications. Transitioning requires namespace adjustments, but offers tools for a seamless migration.
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Java News Roundup: New JEP Candidates, Project Bisbane, Ktor Plugin Repository, JDKUpdater
This week's Java roundup for April 1st, 2024, features news highlighting: new JEP Candidates: JEP 469, Vector API (Eighth Incubator); JEP 473, Stream Gatherers (Second Preview); and JEP 474, ZGC: Generational Mode by Default, Project Bisbane, and introducing the Ktor Plugin Repository and JDKUpdater.
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta Data and Jakarta NoSQL Milestones, Class-File API Targeted for JDK 23
This week's Java roundup for March 25th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 466, Class-File API (Second Preview), targeted for JDK 23; milestone releases of Jakarta Data and Jakarta NoSQL specifications; the second release candidate for JobRunr 7.0.0; and point releases for Spring projects, Quarkus, Helidon and LangChain4j.
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Freenginx: Core Nginx Developer Announces Fork of Popular Web Server
Recently, a former employee of F5 and main contributor of the Nginx project announced the fork Freenginx of the popular web server. The new project was started to address a security dispute and wants to be a drop-in replacement of Nginx, run by developers rather than corporate entities.
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Java News Roundup: New OpenJDK JEPs, Spring Functions Catalog, Apache Kafka, Quarkus, JReleaser
This week's Java roundup for February 26th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 468, Derived Record Creation (Preview); JEP 467, Markdown Documentation Comments; a new Spring Functions Catalog; end-of-life planned for the Spring Framework 6.0 and 5.3 release trains; and point releases for Apache Kafka, Quarkus and JReleaser.
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JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0 Delivers Support for Jakarta EE 10
Red Hat released version 8.0 of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, an open-source Jakarta EE-compliant platform, in February 2024. The latest release brings several improvements to the platform, including support for Jakarta EE 10, changes to the management console and CLI, and removal of legacy security subsystems.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 22 RC2, Multiple Releases in the Spring Ecosystem, Payara Platform
This week's Java roundup for February 19th, 2024, features news highlighting: JDK 22 in release candidate 2, the February 2024 edition of the Payara Platform, numerous milestone and point releases in the Spring ecosystem, multiple releases of Apache Tomcat and Log4j and Gradle 8.7-RC1.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 22 RC1, JBoss EAP 8.0, GlassFish 8.0-M2, LangChain4j 0.27
This week's Java roundup for February 5th, 2024, features news highlighting: the first release candidate of JDK 22, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0, IBM Semeru Runtimes first quarter 2024 updates, LangChain4j 0.27.0, and multiple point releases for Micronaut, Helidon and Eclipse Vert.x.
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Java News Roundup: LibericaJDK with RISC-V, Payara Platform, Gradle 8.6, LangChain4j, Spring Cloud
This week's Java roundup for January 29th, 2024, features news highlighting: LibericaJDK 21 with support for RISC-V, January release of Payara Platform, Gradle 8.6, LangChain4j 0.26, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.10, and multiple releases of Open Liberty and Eclipse Vert.x.
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Microsoft Introduces Visual Studio Code Extension for SharePoint Embedded
Last week Microsoft released a preview release of SharePoint Embedded extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension enables developers to easily set up Azure Entra app registrations for SharePoint Embedded. It also helps manage free trial container types, create guest apps, load sample apps, and export settings for use with the SharePoint Embedded Postman Collection.
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Java News Roundup: WildFly 31, Eclipse Store 1.1, Liberica NIK, Quarkus, JHipster Lite
This week's Java roundup for January 22nd, 2024 features news highlighting: WildFly 31.0.0, Eclipse Store 1.1.0, BellSoft Liberica Native Image Kit, multiple releases of Quarkus and JHipster Lite, and Jakarta EE 11 updates.
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Fluid Framework 2.0 Beta: SharedTree Distributed Data Structure and SharePoint Embedded
Microsoft announced, that Fluid Framework 2.0 has entered its Beta phase. The beta introduces the SharedTree Distributed Data Structure (DDS) for an intuitive programming interface supporting various data types, along with support for SharePoint Embedded, enabling developers to retain collaborative data within a Microsoft 365 tenant.
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Java News Roundup: Final JEP Drafts, Payara 2024 Roadmap, TornadoVM Plugin for IntelliJ
This week's Java roundup for January 8th, 2024 features news highlighting: JEP drafts for final versions of OpenJDK features String Templates and Implicitly Declared Classes and Instance Main Methods; the Payara Platform 2024 roadmap; and a new TornadoVM plugin for IntelliJ IDEA.
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Roblox Builds New Cellular Infrastructure to Improve Gaming Experience
The online game platform and creation system Roblox has detailed how they have made their infrastructure more efficient and resilient, to support the demands of more than 70 million active daily users engaged in immersive 3D experiences.
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Java News Roundup: GlassFish 8.0-M1, 2023 Highlights from Spring, BellSoft and WildFly
It was very quiet for the week of December 25th, 2023, but InfoQ found a few news items of interest that include: Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0-M1, Apache Camel 3.22.0, Gradle 8.6-RC1, an updated draft specification for JEP 455, and retrospectives into the 2023 highlights from Spring, BellSoft and WildFly.