The Payara Monthly Catch - November 2024

Welcome aboard the November edition of the Payara Monthly Catch, bringing you the latest news and insights on Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, application development, DevOps and much more! This month's resources focus on the theme of how to build modern, secure and resilient Jakarta EE applications. To this end, we’re bringing you insights on everything from modernizing legacy Java applications to embracing observability and fault tolerance to keep your systems running smoothly as well as how you can leverage Jakarta EE 11 to power up your applications. 

Top Blog Posts 

👣Moving Beyond GlassFish - Here's Why and How Discover why moving beyond legacy solutions is essential to drive efficiencies, security and regulatory compliance, and how adopting a secure, modern application server can safeguard your business against risks. Check this blog post to learn how to prevent costly issues while exploring strategies to build resilient microservices that stand the test of time.

🔎Getting Started with Observability in Jakarta EE Applications: Why Observability Matters What is observability in software development and DevOps? How can it help you enhance the reliability of your applications and systems? This blog post offers you all the insights you need to start implementing observability practices to advance your Jakarta EE apps.

📈 Legacy Java Application Modernization: A Jakarta EE Migration Guide If you recognize that modernizing your legacy applications is an imperative to remain competitive and successful, check this blog post to learn how to approach legacy application modernization and succeed in your upgrade.

✍️ Jakarta EE Media & Community Challenge - Winning Entries:

• Part 3 We are getting close to revealing you the main winner of our Jakarta EE Media & Community Challenge. In this blog post, we share with you the second prize winning submission. 

💻What is an Application Server? Have you been asked “What is an application server?” by a member of your senior management team, and struggled to give a comprehensive yet easy to understand answer? We know how tough it can be to explain complex software concepts. In this blog post, we explore what an application server is, how it’s different from other kinds of servers, its advantages and disadvantages, and which application server is best for your application infrastructure.

In the Press

🚨 Businesses Without a Secure and Modern Application Server Are at Risk Legacy technologies present a number of challenges for businesses. Learn how they may be holding you back and how adopting a cloud-native application server can help you address these issues, as well as help you to stay competitive in today's evolving markets. Check our article featured on Business Reporter.

Nugget Fridays

💎Prevent Jakarta EE App Crashes with Payara Server's HealthCheck Available here. 

💎 Building Resilient Microservices with MicroProfile Fault Tolerance Learn morehere. 

💎Preventing Memory Leaks with JDBC Connection Pool Management in Payara Server Read more here.

This Month's Podcasts and Webinars

💻From Compliance to Competitive Advantage: Strengthening Cyber Resilience Watch this webinar to stay up to date with latest news on the next phase of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). You will be able to get actionable insights on how to align your cyber resilience initiatives with future regulations and innovations, ensuring your organization is prepared to not only meet legal requirements but also drive sustainable, long-term security.

💻Jakarta Tech Talk: Enhancing Business Performance through Advanced Platform Engineering Are you looking to drive efficiencies in software development and DevOps? Watch this webinar to learn more about Platform Engineering and how it can deliver impactful solutions with Jakarta EE. You will be able to gain insights into methodologies aimed at seamlessly integrating platforms with code and reshaping the development landscape. Practical approaches to streamlining operational processes and optimizing Jakarta EE runtimes will be discussed, highlighting opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

Guides of the Month

How to upload files to Amazon S3 from Payara Cloud Applications

• • Access the User Guide "Upload Files to AWS S3 from Jakarta EE Applications on Payara Cloud"

Observability In Jakarta EE Applications with MicroProfile Telemetry

• • Access the User Guide "Observability In Jakarta EE Applications with MicroProfile Telemetry"
    

New Events

🎥 Virtual Payara Conference (VPC) The next session of our free-to-attend, online event will take place in December. This edition will focus on Powering High-Performance Enterprise Java Applications.

• Strategic Insight - Wednesday 11th December 2024, 1-6:30pm GMT - REGISTER HERE

• Developer Insight - Thursday 12th December 2024, 1-7:00pm GMT - REGISTER HERE

Join Day 2 of the Virtual Payara Conference where we will delve into the latest Jakarta EE 11 developer features with hands-on sessions, including Unpoly for single-page apps, OpenID Connect, and OpenAI integration. End the day with career advice and a Java User Group Community panel.

👩‍💻Gen AI on Jakarta EE Hackathon Submissions to the Payara Hackathon are now closed and our judges are evaluating all entries. Stay tuned to get to know if you are among the winners! To learn more about the initiatives, check this page.

This Month's Releases

Payara Platform's latest release offers exciting new features and capabilities, such as the introduction of Jakarta EE 11 within Payara Platform Community 7 Alpha2, updates to Payara Platform Community 6.2024.11 and new versions of Payara Platform Enterprise (5.69.0 and 6.20.0).

Leverage Jakarta EE on Payara Platform Community 7 Alpha 2