Since its introduction in 2018 as Jakarta EE, the platform has evolved from: Jakarta EE 8, an open-source version of Java EE 8; to Jakarta EE 9, the "big bang" release; to Jakarta EE 10 that introduced the Core Profile.

And now, Jakarta EE 11, released on { month}, { day }, 2024, focuses on productivity and innovation and delivers: updates to 16 specifications; introduces a new specification, Jakarta Data; and sets the baseline to Java 21, the latest LTS release.

This presentation will provide a brief history of JavaEE/Jakarta EE, what's new in Jakarta EE 11, and a review of new and updated specifications with working example applications.