The release of Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 is an important milestone for Jakarta EE!
First of all, it is a confirmation that the GlassFish source code contributed by Oracle is possible to build and assemble on Eclipse Infrastructure.
Second,
Download Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 and give it a try!
And while you’re at it, why don’t you try it out with Apache NetBeans as I have shown below.
UPDATED!
Yesterday, the release plan for Eclipse GlassFish was announced on the EE4J mailing list. For convenience, I have repeated the plan here:
September 18
All code required for GF build contributed.
September 23
Eclipse GlassFish builds.
October 1
Java EE 8 CTS testing. We are able to run CTS tests on Eclipse GlassFish.
October 22 ⚡
CI/CD release pipelines completed.
October 22
Eclipse GlassFish 5.1-RC1 milestone release.
November 5 ⚡
Dependencies updated. All projects are released to OSSRH and have dependencies to Eclipse version of other components.
November 30 ⚡
Release Review completed.
December 14 ⚡
Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 release. All CTS tests are passed.
There is a lot of work to do, so every contribution is appreciated, especially regarding setting up the CI/CD pipelines for all the EE4J projects. Take a look at our status sheet and sign up where you think you can contribute.
SnoopEE [ˈsnuːpı] – The lean and simple discovery mechanism for Java EE based microservices.
What’s in a name, really?
Naming is hard! When I came up with the name Snoop for my discovery mechanism for microservices based on Java EE, my though was to associate the name with “snooping around for services to discover”. It seems, however, that most people’s thought goes to Snoop Dogg when hearing the name and that was never my intention.
That is one of the reasons for the renaming. Another consideration is that I want to point out that the best fit for SnoopEE is for Java EE!
At the same time I don’t want to signal that it is only for Java EE. I want it to be just as lean and simple no matter what technology used to implement the services. That is the only reason why I have been a little reluctant to the renaming.
SnoopEE has a nicer feel and as the twitter poll indicates, I am not alone thinking this.
For the record, I have nothing at all against Snoop Dogg! I just feel that Snoopy the dog is a little bit cuter…
I have crated a new page for SnoopEE, but as for everyhing else, such as GitHub repo, maven coordinates and naming, it all stays as it is until properly announced otherwise.