Welcome to issue number two hundred and eighty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE!
I have just returned from Spring I/O 2025 in Barcelona. A write-up from this conference will follow shortly. This was my last conference in May, so I have a couple of weeks break before the next one, which will be JJUG CCC 2025 Spring in Tokyo.
I have been a part of the Oracle ACE Program as an Oracle ACE Pro within the Java focus area for quite a while now, and I recently decided to be more active in the IBM TechXChange Community as well. So far, I have received a couple of badges, such as IBM Contributor, IBM Advocate, and IBM Influencer on my path to possibly becoming an IBM Champion after joining the IBM Rising Champions program.
From what I can see on the Jakarta EE TCK Slack channel, the Jakarta EE 11 TCK is very close to being finalized, so it looks like we are on the path of getting the Jakarta EE 11 Platform release out the door in the middle of June.
The work with Jakarta EE 12 is on track according to the Jakarta EE 12 Release Plan. Plan reviews have been completed, and discussions right now are around which specifications to add (if any) to the Platform, and which to possibly deprecate. This is the time to join the weekly Jakarta EE Platform calls if you want to be a part of influencing the direction of Jakarta EE!
