# 7 Reasons to Switch to OpenJDK 17 as a Jakarta EE Developer

> If you are using enterprise-orientated specifications should you make the switch to OpenJDK 17 ? Payara's Rudy De Busscher thinks you should!

- URL: https://foojay.io/today/7-reasons-to-switch-to-openjdk-17-as-a-jakarta-ee-developer/
- Published: 2021-11-15
- Authors: Jadon Ortlepp
- Categories: Jakarta EE, Videos
- Originally published at: https://blog.payara.fish/switch-to-open-jdk-as-a-jakarta-ee-developer


[JDK 17,](https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/) the next Long-Term Release of [Java SE](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/), launched in September.

You may have seen many of the great blogs, articles, and videos about what this means for Java developers. For just a few places to start, we like:

* the [JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com/) team's [discussion on migrating to JDK 17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VPqwWuFPD4&ab_channel=IntelliJIDEAbyJetBrains)
* [Todd Ginsberg](https://todd.ginsberg.com/) on [his ten favourite features](https://todd.ginsberg.com/post/java-17/ten-things-i-love/?utm_content=183298400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2599580401)
* [Gunter Rotsaert](https://mydeveloperplanet.com/about/) mapping out the [differences between Java 11 and Java 17.](https://dzone.com/articles/whats-new-between-java-11-and-java-17?edition=697399&utm_content=182786191&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2599580401)

But what does the new release mean for [Jakarta EE](https://jakarta.ee/) developers specifically?

If you are using these enterprise-orientated specifications, stewarded by the [Eclipse Foundation](https://www.eclipse.org/org/foundation/), should you make the switch?

Payara's [Rudy De Busscher](https://twitter.com/rdebusscher?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) thinks you should, and explains why in his talk to [Istanbul JUG](https://www.jugistanbul.org/), powered by [Hazelcast](https://hazelcast.com/).

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Rudy delivered another talk alongside Hazelcasts Nicolas Frankel on the 11th of Nov, soon to be seen here too. 🙂