Modernizing legacy applications in the cloud era has become an imperative for business success. With customer expectations constantly rising and digital transformation becoming critical for business survival, understanding how to approach legacy application modernization has never been more important.

When building enterprise Java applications on the Jakarta EE platform, database connection management is critical for both performance and stability. One common issue that can severely impact application performance is connection and statement leaks. In this Nugget Friday, we'll explore how Payara Server helps detect and prevent these leaks, ensuring your applications run smoothly and efficiently.

Virtual Payara Conference is coming next month and on Day 2 - Developer Insight - we will help you unlock the future of Jakarta EE development! 

AI Tools for Jakarta EE - 12 December 2024, 3:40pm GMT - Register Here!

Join Gaurav Gupta, Senior Software Engineer at Payara, to witness how AI-powered tools are transforming enterprise application development through real-world, cutting-edge demonstrations. Discover how AI-powered tools enhance productivity and streamline workflows in Apache NetBeans IDE and beyond, from creating a simple hello-world program to developing full-stack applications.

Discover how AI-powered tools are reshaping Jakarta EE development by optimizing the entire development lifecycle. Can't make the date? Register now and watch on-demand later!

If you’re still managing Java applications on GlassFish middleware, you might be hitting some roadblocks, such as difficulties with automation, lack of integrated monitoring and official support and limited abilities with modern tools. However, there are ways to modernize your current applications. Let's have a look how. 

While we all want maximum uptime for our software systems, failures and downtimes are inevitable. However, these can be minimized and quickly resolved through comprehensive, robust and well-designed fault tolerance mechanisms. This Nugget Friday looks at how to leverage MicroProfile Fault Tolerance. We look at how it operates and explore how its features can help developers address common failure scenarios. Let's dig in!

Ensuring consistent performance and early detection of potential system issues in Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE) production deployments are critical in every production deployment. The Payara HealthCheck Service is a built-in tool designed specifically to help you monitor the health of your Payara Server deployments. While often overlooked, this service is an essential asset for operations teams who seek to minimise downtime and maximise system reliability. Let's dive into what the HealthCheck Service does, how it can be configured, and why it's valuable for monitoring your app server's critical components.

We're super excited to announce the third edition of the Virtual Payara Conference! This December we will be focusing 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.

Creating scalable and flexible APIs is essential for today's web applications. When it comes to RESTful APIs in enterprise Java/Jakarta EE software development, one concept that plays a crucial role in driving adaptability, discoverability and evolvability is Hypermedia as the Engine of Application State (HATEOAS). In effect, the HATEOAS principle can help developers to significantly enhance their API designs, making them more powerful and futureproof.

Our latest guide on HATEOAS is specifically designed for developers familiar with RESTful API development using Jakarta REST (formerly known as JAX-RS). In this blog post, we’ll explore the key takeaways from the guide and show you how mastering HATEOAS can transform the way you build and evolve your APIs.

There’s no shortage of bright minds in software development. Exceptional individuals in the field are solving real-world problems with innovative approaches. As the deadline to submit your entries for our next Hackathon approaches, we look at the winning solutions of our past event, focused on sustainability.

In this interview with the 2nd prize winner, Ricardo Nicolás Canul Ibarra, we talk about his experience, Privee - the application he submitted at the hackathon and how this achievement will shape his future career.  

The Jakarta EE Media and Community Challenge was established by Payara to help showcasing the innovation, creativity and collaboration within the Jakarta EE community. This technical writing challenge encouraged developers, enthusiasts and tech writers to inspire others and advance the community's knowledge on Jakarta EE. Participants from around the globe submitted their entries to share key insights and help drive the community forward.

Following the publication of the 4th place entry "Quantum Sadis", we are delighted to share with you the entry from Mads Opheim titled "Jakarta EE based serverless backend-for-frontend", which has won 3rd place in the Jakarta EE Media and Community Challenge!