Dear JCP Members,
Welcome to the Winter 2025 edition of the Java Community Process (JCP) Program Management Office (PMO) Newsletter!
Hope everyone had a good holiday season and is ready for the exciting 2025 New Year.
Here in the JCP Program Office, there is a lot of stuff going on. Read on to find out the latest
updates on various topics.
This Newsletter is intended for JCP Members, Executive Committee (EC) Members, Spec Leads, and Java Community Leaders,
but it is accessible to everyone.
To find out more about the latest news and announcements in the JCP Program, visit
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Below are some recent highlights:
The next iteration of the Java SE Specification, JSR 400 Java SE 25 began.
The Maintenance Leads of JSR 199 Java Compiler API,
JSR 221 JDBC 4, and
JSR 269 Pluggable Annotation Processing API each proposed changes to their
specifications as Maintenance Reviews:
Maintenance Review 8 of Java Compiler API
Maintenance Review 4 of JDBC 4
Maintenance Review 18 of Pluggable Annotation Processing API
These changes were then approved by the JCP Executive Committee:
JCP EC vote on JSR 199's MR8
JCP EC vote on JSR 221's MR4
JCP EC vote on JSR 269's MR18
JSR 399 Java SE 24 published a
draft specification for Public Review.
JavaOne is returning to the Bay Area in California! It will take place on March 18-20, 2025, in Redwood Shores, CA.
Make sure to register for the conference before the tickets are sold out.
We are excited to announce that our annual JCP Community Party will take place on Tuesday, March 18 as part
of the JavaOne conference this year!
This is the place to interact with colleagues from around the world - Expert Group members, Contributors, and Spec Leads of the
most popular Java standards, JUG Leaders, EC Members, and Java community members. We will have rooms for Java in Education and
Java Ecosystem working groups to meet and discuss current topics in-person.
Participants will enjoy appetizers, drinks, door prizes, enter our annual raffle, and cheer on the recipients of the coveted JCP
Program Annual Awards.
This is an invitation-only event. If you plan to be in town on March 18 and would like to attend, please send us an email at
pmo@jcp.org for an invitation. Space is limited and restrictions will apply.
We hope you enjoyed our virtual Advent Calendar on the X platform in December 2024. We posted something
every day in the month of December until Christmas to reflect another amazing year we had in the Java community
and the JCP Program Office. If you missed it, you could still check it out on our
X account using the hashtag #JCPAdventCalendar2024.
We have concluded our 2024 JCP EC elections in November and the
election results are
posted. Congratulations to the newly elected and re-elected EC Members and thank you to all the nominees for participating
in the 2024 JCP EC election. Welcome to our new EC Member, Deep Netts, represented by Zoran Severac and thank you to Ken Fogel
for her service on the JCP EC from 2020-2024.
We are excited to announce the nominees for the 2024 JCP Annual Awards!
These candidates were nominated by the Java community members for their incredible contributions to Java
and the developer community.
We had the following categories in 2024:
- JCP Member/Participant of the Year
- Java in Education Community Award
The winners will be selected by the JCP Executive Committee Members, and the award recipients will be announced
at the annual JCP Community Party on March 18.
Who are the EC Members and what do they do?
Some of the key responsibilities of the EC Members are to guide the
evolution of Java platforms and technologies, review and approval of the JSRs, and provide the guidance to the JCP PMO.
JCP EC Members in Seattle, Washington, US, in October 2024
The JCP hosted a Public EC Meeting on December 10, 2024.
Thank you to those of you who were able to join us live. For those who were not able to attend,
the agenda and recording are available online.
The first EC meeting in 2025 was held on February 11, and the one after that will be held on March 21, right after JavaOne.
The meeting materials and meeting minutes will be posted on the jcp.org website for anyone to review.
Through the Java in Education initiative, we have been working
with the Java community leaders to inspire their local community of junior developers and students to learn and
use Java technology. This effort is global, JUG led and is supported by the JCP Program.
We are thrilled to announce that some of the Java in Education materials are now available in Spanish and Japanese!
A huge shoutout to Brayan M, who also authored Java in Education - March 2024,
and JavaDominicano Java User Group members, and Masaki Asano (KanJava) for their contributions.
This is truly a community effort, and we hope to expand the number of languages that we offer. Anyone interested in working on
the translation of these materials into their language, please let us know: pmo@jcp.org.
We will be happy to help you setup. You will make a difference to the younger generation of developers interested in
learning Java!
The mission of the Java Ecosystem working group
is to educate and increase awareness around Java ecosystem third party tools and libraries to
increase adoption of modern release processes by third partly tool and library maintainers.
The group meets once a month and it is currently invitation-only.
The current topics include Gradle Tip and Tail and Jenkins Tip and Tail discussions.
The JCP has turned 25 years old in 2023, and we celebrated this incredible milestone with Java User Groups (JUGs)
around the world throughout the year 2024.
Take a look at this article on the anniversary
and watch the celebration video with the JUGs around the world.
Thank you to all the JUG members and community members for taking part in this celebration. Many JUG leaders told us
that this celebration helped bring the Java community back in their local cities after a long break and everything being virtual.
It was a huge success!
Read the recent articles on the JCP.
- JEPs to Simplify Teaching Java to Students
The article summarizes some of the Java enhancement proposals that are currently being developed in
several OpenJDK projects to address the challenges in teaching Java to students.
- How the JCP Program Evolves
This article summarizes how the JCP Program has evolved over the years and focused on maintaining
the value of Java technology and community collaboration.
- Women in Technology Breakfast at DevNexus 2024
Hear what the attendees of the Women in Technology Breakfast said about this event and how events
like this can foster a culture of inclusivity and belongings.
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