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MicroProfile Community Launches MicroProfile Starter, a Web-Based Project Generator
The MicroProfile community has recently launched a beta release of MicroProfile Starter, a website that allows you to create, configure and download a new automatically generated project. Users can specify the project's coordinates (groupId and artifactId), which version of MicroProfile they'd like to use, their MicroProfile server, and a number of other project configuration options.
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Eclipse Releases GlassFish 5.1 Certified as Compatible with Java EE 8
Eclipse has achieved another GlassFish milestone with the anticipated GA release of version 5.1. A year in the making, this milestone included previous GlassFish milestones such as the full migration of source code and open-sourcing the Java EE TCK (September 2018), the RC1 release of GlassFish 5.1 (October 2018), and the integration of EclipseLink and Eclipse Jersey in GlassFish (December 2018).
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RedHat Releases JBoss 7.2 With EE 8
RedHat has released JBoss 7.2, with full support for the EE 8 specification. This release brings another application server into the Jakarta EE, post-Oracle environment. It also provides support for modern web technologies such as Servlet 4.0 with HTTP/2 capabilities.
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GoDaddy Announces Sponsorship of AdoptOpenJDK to Further its Commitment to a Free and Open Internet
GoDaddy, the well-known domain name registrar company, recently announced sponsorship of the AdoptOpenJDK community. Charles Beadnall, CTO at GoDaddy, and Martijn Verburg, co-founder and CEO at jClarity and co-founder of AdoptOpenJDK, spoke to InfoQ about this new sponsorship.
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Apache Releases NetBeans 10.0 Featuring Enhanced Support for JDK 11
The Apache Software Foundation recently released NetBeans 10.0 featuring enhanced support for JDK 11, adding support for JUnit 5, and the reintegration of the PHP, JavaScript, and Groovy modules. Apache has committed to two releases in 2019 to include support for JDK 12 and JDK 13.
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IBM Releases Open Liberty 18.0.0.4 with Support for MicroProfile 2.1 and Reactive Extensions
IBM’s fourth quarter 2018 release of Open Liberty 18.0.0.4 features full support for MicroProfile 2.1, reactive extensions, and connection pool metrics. Kevin Sutter, MicroProfile and Jakarta EE (EE4J) architect for WebSphere at IBM, spoke to InfoQ about this latest release and what we can expect from Open Liberty in 2019.
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Micronaut for Spring Allows Spring Boot Apps to Run as Micronaut Apps
In conjunction with the minor release of Micronaut 1.0.1, Object Computing, Inc. (OCI) also released Micronaut for Spring 1.0 M1. Using Ahead-of-Time compilation, Micronaut for Spring allows for: integrating Spring components into a Micronaut application; running Spring applications as Micronaut applications; and exposing Micronaut beans to a Spring application.
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Java in 2019 - Some Predictions
Some predictions for what will happen in the Java / JVM ecosystem for 2019.
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Raw String Literals Removed from Java 12 as Feature Set Frozen
The next version of Java SE, JDK 12, has reached the first ramp-down point where the feature set if frozen. Amongst other things JDK 12 provides a preview of an enhanced Switch statement, adds a number of improvements to the G1 garbage collector, and introduces a new experimental garbage collector called Shenandoah. But one major proposal for JDK 12, raw string literals, has been removed.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2018.3 Brings Support for the Upcoming Java 12, Spring Boot Enhancements and More
JetBrains has released the version 2018.3 of their flagship product, IntelliJ IDEA. This version brings a series of new features including support for Java 12, enhancements for Spring Boot, support for multiline TODO comments, and more.
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Book Review: Java by Comparison
"Java by Comparison; Become a Java Craftsman in 70 Examples" is an excellent book. To describe it in one sentence: it teaches you how to write better and clearer Java code.
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The Future of OpenJDK at Red Hat
Red Hat has been at the forefront of OpenJDK development since the start. Rich Sharples discusses their involvement with the project and what's coming next.
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Amazon Releases Corretto: A Multiplatform Java OpenJDK Build with No-Cost Support
At Devoxx BE, held in Antwerp, Belgium, Amazon announced a preview release of Amazon Corretto, a “no-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution” build of OpenJDK, the reference implementation of Java.
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IBM Releases Open Liberty 18.0.0.3 with Support for MicroProfile 2.0
IBM’s third quarter release of Open Liberty 18.0.0.3 features full support for MicroProfile 2.0 and a focus on the MicroProfile Metrics API. Alasdair Nottingham, WebSphere and Liberty runtime architect at IBM, spoke to InfoQ about this latest release.
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Apache Releases TomEE 7.1 with Support for Java 8 and MicroProfile 1.2
The Apache TomEE community has released TomEE 7.1, a significant upgrade featuring support for Java SE 8 and MicroProfile 1.2. TomEE 7.1 serves as a gateway release for TomEE 8 that will be compliant with Java EE 8/JakartaEE and MicroProfile 1.3. David Blevins, founder and CEO of Tomitribe, spoke to InfoQ about this latest release.