Stackd 50. We're baaack!

The Stackd Podcast

Recorded Date

7/23/2021

Description

The gang is back for another jam-packed episode! Josh, Kito, Daniel, and Ian catch up and discuss the past year, COVID vaccines as software updates, AI coding tools, JDK 17, Jakarta EE 9.1, PrimeNG, Angular, and much more.

COVID-19 Virus Tier

• Outbreak Dashboard

Tools and Tech

• Github Co-Pilot - License Launderer?
• Kite!
• CodeWithMe

JDK 17 Coming Out! UI Tier

• Angular 12 released (IH)
• PrimeNG 12 released (IH)

Server Side Java

• Jakarta EE 9.1: https://jakarta.ee/news/jakarta-ee-9-1-released/
  • Containers: Eclipse GlassFish, WildFly, OpenLiberty, ManageFish Server (https://managecat.com/)
    • Payara 6 Now in Alpha: Supports Jakarta EE 9.1 TCK on JDK 11
    • GlassFish 6.2.0 Runs on JDK 17
    • How do these servers (JakartaEE, Glassfish, Liberty, etc) work in a microservice architecture?

Misc

• Kotlin 1.5.30 Released with Native Apple Silicon Support: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/05/kotlin-1-5-0-released/
  • https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/07/kotlin-1-5-30-m1-released/
    • Kotlin API for Apache Spark 1.0 Released: https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2021/07/kotlin-api-for-apache-spark-1-0-released/
    • Groovy Stable Release 3.0.8
      • Groovy 4.0 in Alpha
    • Scala 3 is Released! https://www.scala-lang.org/blog/2021/05/14/scala3-is-here.html

Picks

• KinesisGaming FreeStyle Edge Keyboard (Kito)
• Chrome adds Live Caption to Video playback (Kito)
• Swift and Vapor https://vapor.codes/

Events

• Eclipse Con Oct 25 - 28, 2021, virtual
• Uberconf Oct 5-8, 2021, Denver, CO, US or virtual
• JakartaOne LiveStream 2021 - Dec 7th, 2021 in US
• W-JAX Nov 8 – 12, 2021, Munich, Germany or virtual
• Progressive Web Experience Dec 5-8, 2021, Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual
• Jconf.dev Dec 8-10, 2021, Chicago, IL, USA or virtual
• Archconf Dec 13-16, 2021- Clearwater, FL, USA or virtual