How to get started in Docker? What issues do you experience when working with Docker? What is your favorite tip when using Docker? We talked with Kendrick Coleman, Docker Captain and Developer Advocate for {code} by Dell EMC about his experience with Docker and its disruptive nature. We actually asked a whole bunch of Docker Captains to share their Docker stories so stay tuned for more.

Java 9 is upon us but users won’t have to wait another few years to try out the next version. As it turns out, the historical feature-driven release model is about to become history. Oracle has proposed to increase the release cadence of Java SE to every six months. Is Java finally going open source? We invited Uwe Schindler to comment on Oracle’s proposal.

Discussions about Java EE‘s future are more intense than ever. We talked with Ivar Grimstad, Martijn Verburg, Reza Rahman and Josh Juneau about Oracle’s decision to move Java EE to an open source foundation and now it’s time to welcome another group of experts to weigh in on the latest developments.

“We actually believe that to collaborate, you don’t need to come from the same actual culture and background and heritage, but you just need to have the same vision.” JAXenter editor Gabriela Motroc talked to GitHub’s Marko Berkovic and Matthias Wiesen at DevOpsCon 2016 about how to create a company culture, the challenges involved in enforcing it, and some tips on how to make remote teams work.

High-performing organizations seem to have one common pattern: they put a high value on human capital. JAXenter editor Hartmut Schlosser talked to John Willis, Director of Ecosystem Development at Docker, Inc about how to turn human capital into high performance organizational capital.

What will the future of Java 9 look like? Despite criticism from experts regarding the module system Jigsaw, Oracle opened the ballot for JSR 376. Red Hat and IBM announced that they will be voting “no”. We asked Christoph Engelbert, representative of Hazelcast at the JCP executive committee, why Hazelcast has decided not to support the Jigsaw draft.

One of the biggest topics in Spring Boot 2.0 is the support for Spring 5. What does this mean in terms of features and how does Spring 5 embrace reactive programming? Stéphane Nicoll, software engineer at Pivotal answers these questions and more in anticipation of his JAX talk next week.

Microservices are among the most important new architectural concepts but what do developers like about them? In this evaluation, we are going to look at the reasons given by developers for using microservices in the Rethink IT survey and we’re going to pinpoint the most popular frameworks and tools.

GamingWorks has built a Business Simulation based on “The Phoenix Project,” the famous book by Gene Kim. We talked with Jan Schilt, co-owner of GamingWorks and speaker at the Microservices Summit about the Phoenix Project simulation and its benefits.

What are the top trends in databases in 2017? What are the hottest data processing technologies and which ones have been left out? The answer lies in our annual JAXenter survey. Eager to see the results? Then let’s waste no more time.

What are the top trends in software architecture in 2017? The answer lies in our JAXenter survey. Eager to see the results? Then let’s waste no more time.

Earlier this year we invited you to fill out our annual survey — its aim was to find out which technology topics will be especially important for you in 2017. Today’s the day! It’s time for the big unveiling.

Earlier this year we invited you to fill out our annual survey — its aim was to find out which technology topics will be especially important for you in 2017. Today’s the day! It’s time for the big unveiling.

Earlier this year we invited you to fill out our annual survey — its aim was to find out which technology topics will be especially important for you in 2017. Today’s the day! It’s time for the big unveiling.