#java ee 8

After more than one year of hard work, Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 has been released! Don’t let the version number fool you though; this release marks a major milestone in the transition from Java EE to Jakarta EE as it has been certified as Java EE 8 compatible.

Looking forward to Jakarta EE 8? In this article, Reza Rahman explores some of the major changes and new features to Java EE 8, the future foundation for the upcoming Jakarta EE 8. Enjoy greater simplicity with more web standards and CDI alignment in Java EE 8.

Java EE 8 and GlassFish 5 will be the baseline for the initial Jakarta EE version. Take a deeper look at what is new and noteworthy in Java EE 8 with Lars Röwekamp.

Things are starting to move fast in the Java EE 8 universe. We checked in to see what happened in the past month, just to make sure you didn’t miss anything important. The big news is the final release version for JSF 2.3 but that’s not all that happened in March!

With final community survey results all in, Java EE 8 blueprint is slowly coming together.