Goodbye Java EE, welcome Jakarta EE!

What's the story behind this new name that suddenly appeared on the market, Jakarta EE? Well, for many years, Java EE was one of the top choices when talking about enterprise application development. Over the years, thousands of mission-critical applications have been developed using Java EE, proving that this technology is robust enough to be power the infrastructure of the biggest enterprises on the globe.

However, with the rapid advances in technology, more frequent releases, covering all the new requirements needed in a dynamic, changing world, have always been the top request of the thousands of developers using it, and things started to get a bit late to the market, compared to other quickly evolving technologies, such as Spring.

Therefore, the Java Community Process has decided to pass the management of Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation, where it will keep evolving, but under the new brand name, Jakarta EE.

According to their announcement, the Jakarta EE working group aims to:

• Deliver more frequent releases
• Reduce barriers to participation
• Develop the community
• Manage the Jakarta EE brand on behalf of the community