7 Reasons to Switch to OpenJDK 17 as a Jakarta EE Developer

JDK 17, the next Long-Term Release of Java SE , launched in September.

You may have seen many of the great blogs, articles, and videos about what this means for Java developers. For just a few places to start, we like:

• the JetBrains team’s discussion on migrating to JDK 17
• Todd Ginsberg on his ten favourite features
• Gunter Rotsaert mapping out the differences between Java 11 and Java 17.

But what does the new release mean for Jakarta EE developers specifically?

If you are using these enterprise-orientated specifications, stewarded by the Eclipse Foundation , should you make the switch?

Payara’s Rudy De Busscher thinks you should, and explains why in his talk to Istanbul JUG , powered by Hazelcast .

Rudy delivered another talk alongside Hazelcasts Nicolas Frankel on the 11th of Nov, soon to be seen here too. 🙂