CollabSphere 2023 is coming up at the end of next month, from August 29th through the 31st. It's in-person again this year, and, after quite a bit of hemming and hawing on that point, I decided to go. Moreover, I'll be hosting and participating in a couple sessions, including a workshop on the 29th. Specifically, that one is:

Developing Applications With XPages Jakarta EE
Tuesday at 1 PM Central, Linnaeus Room
The XPages Jakarta EE project adds a swath of new capabilities to Domino development. This workshop will give an overview of some of the major features and will include a follow-along demonstration of developing a representative application. There will also be room for questions and discussion about the project and how to integrate it with existing apps and workflows.

Attendees who wish to follow along with development should bring a laptop with a local Domino server and Designer (12.0.2 recommended) with the XPages Jakarta EE project from openntf.org installed in both.

As with the other workshops, these require pre-registration, so I encourage you to do so. If you'd like to attend and end up hitting trouble with the pre-setup process, head on to the OpenNTF Discord - there's a thread in the #specific-projects channel for the project that's a perfect spot for questions.

Beyond the workshop, I'll be running a roundtable similar to the one I did at last year's online CollabSphere:

DEV107 - Java and Jakarta EE on Domino Roundtable
Wednesday at 4 PM Central, Burnstein Room
The story of Java on Domino can be complex, but there are tools and strategies available to keep your development maintainable and consistent with the wider world. This roundtable will focus on discussing the current array of best options for development on Domino, with a secondary focus towards discussing how the XPages Jakarta EE Support project can be used to improve your development experience and the capabilities of your apps.

Immediately afterward, in the same room, is OpenNTF's roundtable, with the theme of a "live Repair Café" in the vein of the events we've been hosting in Discord:

COL104 - OpenNTF Live Repair Café: REST Practices
Wednesday at 5 PM Central, Burnstein Room
Join us for an interactive discussion at our OpenNTF Live Repair Café as we troubleshoot and repair together. Building on the success of our previous virtual events, this live event offers a unique opportunity to engage with experts and peers in the field face-to-face. Don't miss out on this chance to learn, share and grow together.

Finally, I'll be running a session on Thursday to discuss the new features we'll have access to in the move from Java 8 to Java 17:

DEV106 - Java 8 to Java 17: The New Goodies
Thursday at 9 AM Central, Linnaeus Room
Domino 14 is slated to include Java 17, an upgrade of two Long-Term-Service Java versions that brings a slew of improvements and new features. While most of the APIs we use will likely remain the same, recent versions of Java have focused heavily on developer-friendly niceties. This presentation will go over some of the more-useful ones for Domino developers, such as the new HttpClient, text blocks, records, convenience methods, and cleaner syntax.

That one should be neat. It's been a long time between releases we've used, and Java's been getting pretty good lately.

In any event, if you're attending CollabSphere, I hope to see you at these sessions.