November has been one of the busiest months of the year for the Java and Jakarta EE ecosystem. With major Payara Platform milestones, big announcements across the Java world, fresh content from the community, and several high quality conference talks now available on demand, there is plenty to catch up on. Let’s dive into it!
Payara 7 Arrives, Jakarta EE 11 Compatibility Achieved
The biggest Payara news last month was the launch of Payara Platform Community 7, now fully Jakarta EE 11 compatible. This release marks a major step forward for developers moving into next generation enterprise Java, higher performance cloud deployments, and modernized application architectures.
- 🐟 Payara 7 Release Overview
Read more
- 📦 Level Up Your Jakarta EE Apps with New Docker Images
Read more
- 🌇 Goodbye Payara Community 6
With Jakarta EE 11 now the standard, Payara Community 6 has reached its end of life as the platform transitions fully into the Payara 7 era.
Read more
Jakarta EE Updates and Resources
The Jakarta ecosystem continues to accelerate with new specifications, high value community resources, and livestream learning opportunities.
- 📺 JakartaOne Livestream is tomorrow – 2nd of December!
A full day of Jakarta EE sessions, expert panels, and live demos is coming up, offering the latest insights into Jakarta EE 11 and the future of cloud native enterprise Java.
Register here
- 💾 Jakarta Data Makes Persistence a Breeze
This article by Alfonso Altamirano explains how Jakarta Data simplifies working with databases by providing a consistent, framework neutral persistence model that reduces boilerplate and speeds up development.
Read here
- 🚀 10 Ways to Accelerate Your Career with Jakarta EE
Java Champion Otavio Santana outlines ten practical strategies for boosting your Java career using Jakarta EE, from building community presence to mastering new specifications.
Read here
- 🔄 Spring Framework 7.0 and Spring Data 2025.1.0 Embrace Jakarta EE 11 Compatibility
A look at how Spring’s latest releases align with Jakarta EE 11, making interoperability smoother and enabling more flexible cross stack development for enterprise teams.
Read here
- 📊 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey Report
The annual survey provides a data driven view of Jakarta EE adoption, trends, priorities, and challenges across the global enterprise Java community.
Download here
Payara Guides and Resources
📘 Strategic Middleware for Financial Services
A deep dive into why next generation Jakarta EE runtimes are becoming the strategic choice for mission critical, highly regulated finance ecosystems.
Download here
💡 Value Adding and Cost Saving Measures for Java Teams in 2026
A practical resource for leadership teams planning budgets, cloud strategy, and modernization initiatives for the year ahead.
Download here
Java News
🧠 ONNX Based Generative AI LLMs in Java with Project Babylon
Inside Java explores how Babylon enables ONNX model execution directly in Java, making LLM workloads more accessible for enterprise developers.
Read and watch here
🎉 Inside Java Newscast Episode 100
A milestone episode covering JVM improvements, platform direction, and community updates.
Watch here
☕ Java News Roundup
Spring Framework 7.0, Spring AI, Spring Data updates, Payara Platform news, JobRunr improvements, and OpenJDK developments.
Read here
🚀 JDK 26 Advancing
JDK 26 is moving forward as the Reference Implementation of Java SE 26 under JSR 401, building on performance tuning and platform evolution.
See here
Conference Talks and Webinars, Now On Demand
This month brought a wave of high quality talks from community leaders across Europe, with many recordings now available.
- OCX Webinar Week 2026
A multi day program exploring cloud native Java, modernization strategy, platform engineering, and AI powered developer workflows.
Watch here
- Jakarta Tech Talk with Bruno Souza
Talk: Growing Your Position and Salary Beyond Senior, Java, Open Source and Community
Speaker: Bruno Souza
Bruno breaks down career advancement for senior developers, highlighting how open source contributions, visibility, and community leadership can accelerate professional growth.
Watch here
- Devoxx Belgium 2025, Payara Session
Talk: It Only Starts with a Container, How Abstraction Becomes Reality
Speaker: Patrik Dudits
Patrik explores the many layers of abstraction involved in containerized Java applications, and how understanding these layers helps teams build more resilient, scalable deployments.
Watch here
- JDD 2025, Java Security and Zero Trust
Talk: Modern Java Security, Zero Trust Architectures with Jakarta EE 11
Speaker: Luqman Saeed
A practical overview of Zero Trust design for enterprise Java and how Jakarta EE 11 enables stronger, modern security patterns.
Watch here
- SFSCON 2025, Open Source Community Growth
Talk: What Java User Groups Can Teach Us About Growing Open Source Communities
Speaker: Dominika Tasarz
Dominika shares JUG leaders’ insights from years of community building, showing how Java User Groups drive mentorship, collaboration, and long term sustainability in open source ecosystems.
Watch here
Events and CFPs
Conference calendars for 2026 are already filling up. If you are planning to speak next year, here are open calls for papers:
GeeCON 2026 – CFP open until 30 January 2026. A community‑driven Java conference covering modern software development, JVM languages, architecture, AI, cloud and more, scheduled for 14–15 May 2026 in Kraków, Poland.
Submit here
JavaDay Istanbul 2026 – CFP open untl 15 December; this one‑day developer conference brings together Java, cloud, Big Data, mobile and web developers for talks, networking and sharing modern tech practices in Istanbul on 18 April 2026.
Submit here
jPrime 2026 — CFP open until 15 February 2026; a JVM & Java‑ecosystem conference held 3–4 June 2026 at Sofia Tech Park, offering two tracks, practical talks, workshops and strong networking opportunities for developers in and around the Balkans.
Submit here
Catch You Next Time!
November brought powerful advancements in Java innovation, new community knowledge, and critical updates for teams building long term strategies around Jakarta EE and modern enterprise workloads. We hope this edition keeps you informed and inspired as you wrap up your year and look toward 2026. Meanwhile, enjoy the last 30 days of 2025 and we’ll see you back in the New Year!
3 minutes
