Jakarta EE is the new Java Enterprise platform as you’ve probably heard. There is a lot of news about this application development framework and also about the rapid development of the platform. Version 9.1 was released in May last year and version 10 is already in a review process. But what does this mean for my own Java project? Because I was also a bit confused about the different versions, hence my attempt to clarify things.
First, the good news: As an application developer, you don’t have to worry. The most important thing that will change besides improved support by the community is the Java package names. The package name javax.* will be replaced by jakarta.*.