The Payara Monthly Catch - September 2024

Ahoy crew! Welcome aboard the September edition of Payara’s Monthly Catch! As we chart our course toward the final quarter of the year, we’ve got a boatload of exciting updates, news and highlights from the Payara community and beyond. Here's our brief overview of must-read guides, in-depth tutorials, technical insights, and expert advice from September that will help you elevate your software development and deployment for enterprise Java applications!

Top Blog Posts 

🆕 What to Expect From Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 With Jakarta EE 11? Explore the new Jakarta Concurrency 3.1 features offered in Jakarta EE 11. This blog post discusses the update and how it focuses on enhancing cloud-native capabilities, improving thread management and ensuring broader compatibility. Developers can expect better scalability, efficiency and streamlined concurrent programming in Jakarta EE applications.

🚚 Addressing the Application Server Needs of the Logistics Sector - Here's What Industry Experts Say This article features industry experts sharing insights on addressing the application server demands of the logistics sector, focusing on the need for high availability, scalability and real-time data processing. Learn more about what are the top challenges and how Payara's application server solutions can help handle complex logistics operations and ensure reliable, efficient performance in the sector.

🌷 Mastering Java Frameworks: Power Up Your Jakarta EE Skills As A Spring Boot Developer
This blog post helps Spring Boot developers transfer their skills to Jakarta EE, comparing the frameworks, outlining the key similarities and differences, and offering tips to maximize their Java framework knowledge. 

🏎️ Improving Responsiveness in Jakarta REST (JAX-RS) Services through Asynchronous Processing Discover how asynchronous processing can improve the responsiveness of Jakarta REST (JAX-RS) services with this overview. By reducing server wait times and optimizing resources, asynchronous methods enhance the performance of RESTful services in high-traffic environments, ensuring better scalability and faster response times. 

🕵️ What’s Stopping Businesses from Application Server Migrations: Insights From Industry Players - Part 2 Check this blog postto learn why businesses hesitate to undergo application server migrations and the risks involved, such as financial costs. This blog outlines critical strategies to ensure smooth migrations.

📢 Payara Platform Enterprise 4 Lifetime Support 2025 Check this blog post to get details on Payara Platform Enterprise 4's Lifetime Support. With Payara 4 reaching the end of its extended support, this option helps businesses avoid costly migrations. 

🔮 Shaping Java's Future: Join the Jakarta EE Interest Group Learn more about the Eclipse Foundation's Jakarta EE Interest Group and its aim to help shape the future of enterprise Java. TIf you are a Java developer / architect interested in participating in discussions on emerging technologies, industry use cases as well as strategies for improving Jakarta EE’s visibility and adoption, check this blog post.

Nugget Fridays

💎Simplifying Multiline Strings with Java Text Blocks Available here. 

💎 Exploring Jakarta RESTful (JAX-RS) Web Services Validation Learn morehere. 

💎 Streamlining Configuration with MicroProfile Config Here's how to do it. 

This Month's Podcasts and Webinars

💻Simplifying Security for Your Jakarta EE Applications with Apache Shiro Watch this webinar to learn how to enhance security in Jakarta EE applications using the Apache Shiro framework. This session covers essential security features like authentication, authorization and cryptography, as well as how to seamlessly integrate it to showing how Shiro simplifies complex security implementations.

💻Ensuring Long-Term Stability with Payara Platform 4 Lifetime Support Discover how to maintain long-term stability for your applications with Payara Platform 4 Lifetime Support. Watch this webinar to explore strategies for reducing risks, avoiding costly migrations, and ensuring business continuity while still using Payara 4 in critical environments.

Guides of the Month

Understanding the Business Risks of Using GlassFish Application Server in Production Environments

• • Access the eBook "Understanding the Business Risks of Using GlassFish Application Server in Production Environments"

Payara Cloud at a Glance

• • Access the Cheat Sheet "Payara Cloud at a Glance"

The Payara Platform Survey Report 2024

• • Access the "The Payara Platform Survey Report 2024".

New Events

🎥 Jakarta EE 11: What’s Next for Enterprise Java Join us for this informational webinar today (or watch on demand later) to learn more about what’s coming in the new Jakarta EE 11 release.

👩‍💻Did anybody say "Hackathon"? Something exciting is coming! We cannot wait to tell you more about it - look out for more info very shortly!

This Month's Releases

Payara Platform's latest release offer a mix of security enhancements, bug fixes and component upgrades to improve your Jakarta EE and MicroProfile development experience on the Payara Platform.

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