Posts tagged Jakarta EE

WebSphere Alternatives: 3 Best Options to Consider

As organizations modernize their tech stacks, many are re-evaluating their application server choices to ensure they can address their evolving business and technology needs. Recent announcements from IBM regarding the direction of WebSphere have prompted a number of companies to reassess their long-term plans.

While WebSphere remains a reliable solution, these recent updates hint at shifts in focus that may present challenges for businesses and their existing applications. For those navigating these changes, understanding alternative paths and modern platforms has never been more crucial. Let's have a look at key WebSphere alternatives.

Join Payara at JavaLand 2025 for Java Ecosystem Insights

JavaLand 2025 is happening from April 1-3, 2025, in Nürburgring, Germany, and Payara will be there! If you’re into Java, want to learn about the latest tech, or just want to connect with fellow developers, don’t miss this event. Our team of Payarans will be sharing practical insights and real-world use cases that you can start using right away to enhance your Java and Jakarta EE projects.

Payara Podcast - Java User Group Spotlight – Torino JUG

The second episode of the new series of Payara Podcast dedicated to the Java community is here! This time, I had a great pleasure to talk to Simone and Roberto from Torino Java User Group.

Roberto, a seasoned developer with 20+ years in open source, has contributed to projects like Jetty, CometD, and JBoss. Simone, a Java Champion and Eclipse Jetty Project Leader, specializes in high-performance JVM tuning and server-side development. We discuss the evolution of Java communities, the challenges JUGs face, and how we can ensure they continue to thrive.

Celebrate Java's 30th Birthday with Payara Services at JavaOne 2025

After a long hiatus, the premier conference for Java developers worldwide, JavaOne, is making a grand return. This year's event is even more special as it coincides with the 30th anniversary of Java. Of course, our Payarans will not miss this event, and we are thrilled to exhibit and present at JavaOne 2025! Mark your calendar and join us from March 18–20, 2025, at Redwood Shores, CA, U.S.

Join Payara at Devnexus 2025 for Java Ecosystem Insights

One of the largest and longest-running Java conference, Devnexus 2025, is just around the corner and our Payarans are ready to bring cutting-edge insights to the event. If you’re a Java developer eager to explore the latest technology advancements and industry trends, this is an event you don’t want to miss!

Nugget Friday - Mastering Jakarta REST Filter Chains

In today's Nugget Friday, we're tackling a powerful but often misunderstood feature of Jakarta REST (formerly JAX-RS): filters and filter chains. Whether you're handling security, logging, compression or other cross-cutting concerns, understanding filters is important for building reliable Jakarta REST applications on the Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE) platform. So grab your favorite beverage, and let's dig in!

Payara Podcast - Java User Group Spotlight – Garden State JUG

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.

Accelerate Application Development with AI

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.