Getting Started With Jakarta EE and Eclipse MicroProfile

Never heard of Jakarta EE and Eclipse MicroProfile yet? Then it's time to give it the first try and see how the Java Enterprise standard evolved. By developing a small application, this post demonstrates how to use these two technologies to build cloud-ready and state-of-the-art enterprise applications.

What Is Jakarta EE?

In a nutshell, it's a set of specifications (JAX-RS, CDI, JPA, JSON-P, etc.) to write enterprise applications with Java. These specifications are documents defining the API and interaction of a technology.