MoroccoJUG is recognized as an active actor on moving the entire Java ecosystem forward (executive community member at JCP -Java community process- last year, 2013 JCP award in 'Adopt A JSR' category ...) This year (2015) we are planning to adopt massively the java specifications (JSRs) that will be included at Java EE 8 (glassfish.java.net/adoptajsr/). Our goal is " helping to shape the best Java entreprise platform ever!" In this Meetup we went through the entire Java EE 8 platform, present our priorities on adopting the related JSRs, level of contributions, advantages you have on joining the efforts (boost your career, acquire new knowledges, mentoring from international experts ...)

1. ADOPT A JSR FOR JAVA EE 8 & MOROCCOJUG 2015 ROADMAP
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2. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

3. ACRONYM SOUP
• JUG - Java User Group
• JSR - Java Specification Request
• JCP - Java Community Process
• RI - Reference Implementation
• TCK - Technology Compatibility Kit

4. THE JAVA COMMUNITY
PROCESS

5. THE JAVA COMMUNITY
PROCESS
Java specifications (JSRs) are developed collaboratively through an
open and formal process. All interested members of the Java
Community may participate.
Oracle’s competitors are active participants:
IBM, HP, and RedHat to name a few.
The Open Source and developer communities are also represented.
The Eclipse Foundation, Java User Groups.

7. WHAT ISTHE ADOPT A JSR
PROGRAM?
• See http://adoptajsr.org for full details
• A JUG lead initiative to improve standards in the Java
ecosystem
• Groups of JUG members work on Java Specification
Requests

8. WHY SHOULDTHE JUGS GET
INVOLVED? - 1
• To move the entire Java ecosystem forward
• To become part of the solution as opposed to staying silent
• Help define the future
• To be at the forefront of new technology
• To make sure the useful libraries and APIs get built
• To boost the careers of JUG members
• Gain new technical and community skills and much more!

9. WHY SHOULDTHE JUGS GET
INVOLVED? - 2
• To demystify the JCP and the standards process
• Get day to day developers knowledgable about the process
• To acquire new knowledge
• Gain valuable technical skills
• Learn a brand new part of the Java ecosystem
• To gain competitive advantage
• Be the early experts in a new standard
• Gain more members
• Helps build long lasting activities for the JUG
• Turns passive members into active ones!

10. HOW DOES IT HELPTHE
STANDARDS?
• Standards get earlier feedback
• Leading to more developer friendly APIs
• Standards get 'end user/developer' expert input
• Standards get developed more quickly, JUGs can help build
• Reference Implementations (RI)
• Technical Compatibility Kits (TCK)
• JUGs can also help with management of the JSR
• Triaging issues
• Testing
• + more!

11. THE JSR DEVELOPMENT
CYCLE

12. STEPSTOTAKE AFTER JOINING
• Find fellow members in your JUG to work with
• A particular JSR might already have members in your JUG
working on it
• Double check the matrix at http://adoptajsr.org
• Join the relevant JSR mailing list
• The next few slides have suggested ideas
• Don’t forget to have fun!

13. STARTER LEVELSTO GET
INVOLVED AT - 1
• Test the early RI builds
• Use them to find pain points (“It’s just too laborious to construct X”)
• Report bugs
• Help triage issues
• Reproduce issues
• Erase/merge duplicates
• Set priorities/categories etc
• Give feedback on design
• Discuss issues with your JUG and deliver feedback
• Think about how you would use the JSR as a day to day developer

14. STARTER LEVELSTO GET
INVOLVED AT - 2
• Help moderate the mailing lists
• Help the community self police towards helpful conversations
• Help evangelise the JSR
• Social media (Twitter, Facebook et al)
• Blogging (write a post about the JSR)
• Improve project infrastructure and JSR visibility
• Help setup canned hosting (java.net, GitHub etc)
• Ensure downloads, mailing lists, issue trackers
are easy to find
• Help maintain their FAQ/Wiki

15. INTERMEDIATE LEVELSTO GET
INVOLVED AT
• Help build the RI
• Get coding with the actual implementation of the spec!
• Help build the TCK
• All implementations must pass this crucial test suite
• Great way to gain real TDD/Unit/Integration test
experience

16. ADVANCED LEVELSTO GET
INVOLVED AT
• Join the Expert Group (EG)
• You need to be an expert in this technology
• EG members are central to pushing the JSR forwards
• High time commitment
• Lots of personal, community and career benefits
• Become the Spec Lead for a JSR
• You need to be a leading expert in a particular technology
• Considerable time commitment
• International recognition for your work
• Join the Executive Committee
• High time commitment, influence all standards

17. WHAT MOROCCOJUG WILL
BE ADOPTING
• CDI (Contextes and Dependency injection for Java) 2.0
• MVC (Model-View-Controller) 1.0
• JMS (Java message Service) 2.1
• JSF (JavaServer Faces) 2.3
• JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services) 2.1
• JSON-B (Java API for JSON Binding) 1.0

18. WHAT MOROCCOJUG WILL
BE DOINGTHISYEAR
• JUG Meetings
• LastThursday of every month
• 2 Devoxx4Kids edition
• JMaghreb 2015 (November 16-18)
• Presence in many tech events in Morocco
• Mobile development platform !!
• Thanks!