Java has been a core element of enterprise application development for decades, and its relevance will continue to grow in 2025 and beyond. With its platform independence, scalability and security features as well as active ecosystem, Java offers numerous advantages that can contribute to increased profitability and enhanced business continuity for your organization.

This blog post explores 10 reasons why Java should be the language of choice for your current and future enterprise applications.

For technology companies, cost effectiveness in software and application development isn’t just about saving money. It is about delivering quality products with attractive pricing that help organizations create key opportunities for profitability, sustainable growth and competitive advantage in a marketplace where the competition is fierce and rapidly evolving. When considering middleware technologies, the right solution can help software developers enhance the value of their offering while optimizing capital and operational expenses.  

We are kicking off 2025 with the new series of Payara Podcast dedicated to the Java community, which means that over the next couple of episodes, I will be talking to quite a few Java User Group Leaders, representing JUGs all around the world.

For this January episode, I had a great pleasure to talk to Mike and Barry from Garden State Java User Group.

During our conversation, we explored the importance of Java User Groups and their role in maintaining, supporting and educating Java developers within their local communities. Mike and Barry shared what’s coming to Garden State JUG this year that they are excited about, and the challenges their user group is facing.

January is almost over, and we kicked off the year with a lot of energy and fresh resources! 🎉 We’ve got some great updates and insights to share...so grab a coffee and dive into our top content from January - start reading to enhance your enterprise Java knowledge and skills!

When selecting an application server for your Jakarta EE applications, there are multiple options available. While the Payara Platform, WildFly and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) have a number of commonalities, they differ in a number of aspects. The choice of one of these three alternatives can significantly impact your development, deployment and operational strategies. In this blog, we’ll explore their common features, differences and how they compare with each other. 

OWASP security principles provide a neat list of proactive controls for CISOs, CSOs, AppSec and DevSecOps teams working to develop secure web and API applications. But what is the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) model? How do the OWASP requirements and methodology contribute to information security standards? 

We're excited to announce the latest releases across our Payara Platform lineup: Community 6.2025.1, Enterprise 5.71.0 and Enterprise 6.22.0. These releases bring significant improvements in a number of areas. We advanced system configuration, delivering greater flexibility and efficiency for your applications to help you build, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable applications with confidence.. Additionally, we've addressed key security concerns, bolstering the platform's resilience against evolving threats, and delivered critical bug fixes to enhance overall stability and reliability.

Continue reading to learn more about what you can find in the January release of the Payara Platform suite of application server technologies for Jakarta EE applications.

Planning to develop and deploy an application but unsure where to start? Whether you’re new to software engineering or managing a team of developers for the first time, you’ve likely heard you need a server—but what kind? Aren’t all servers essentially the same? 

Not exactly. Servers play specialized roles in hosting and running applications, with web servers and application servers serving distinct purposes. In this post, we’ll explore what each does, how they differ, and help you decide which one is right for your project. 

Clear and accurate API documentation is essential. It bridges the gap between your REST APIs and the developers who rely on them, ensuring smooth integration and usage. However, creating and maintaining up-to-date documentation often feels like a daunting task, requiring either tedious manual effort or complex tooling.

In this Nugget Friday, we’ll discuss how you can streamline API documentation to deliver outstanding API experiences with minimal overhead.

Sample full stack applications are crucial to support multiple activities, such as testing, validation and experimentation. However, their creation involves repetitive and less value-adding activities that are nonetheless essential. These often require considerable time and resources that can take software developers and engineers like you away from other, more meaningful and stimulating tasks.  

If you are looking for ways to streamline the development of applications for deployment testing, prototyping, proof-of-concept and other purposes, this blog post is for you! It shows you how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI)-based automation with Payara Starter to cut the time needed for one of the fundamental activities that many software specialists dislike, the creation of Entity Relationship (ER) diagrams.