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The JCP posted that the CDI 1.1 spec received almost unanimous approval (everyone voted yes except VMWare, who didn't vote at all). The expert group has already started considering issues, and I would like to welcome anyone who has an interest in CDI to join. The homepage for CDI 1.1 development is on github, and provides a set of resources to get you started (more will be posted over time). A previous blog covers what we hope to see improved in CDI 1.1.

This is the first installment in a series of articles introducing the Ceylon language. Note that some features of the language may change before the final release.

I will be giving two talks about JBoss Modules next week at JUDCon 2011 (Boston) - the first on Monday at 9:00 am (ouch, I know) about JBoss Modules in JBoss AS 7, and the second on Monday at 2:30pm about using JBoss Modules itself. Also, I'll be around for most of the week (including during JBoss World/Red Hat Summit), and will be willing to Chat about Stuff when I can.

JBoss Marshalling 1.3.0 is about to land! The ninth (and probably final) release candidate for 1.3.0 has been made available for download. New in this version:

(This week's module spotlight is written by John Ament, the Seam JMS module lead. - Shane)

I'm happy to announce the IronJacamar 1.0.0.Beta6 release.

In a previous blog I announced the first part of the program for the Boston JBoss User Group.

So, what's coming up at JUDCon 2011 and JBoss World 2011?

JUDCon is just around the corner, and there is gonna be a lot of CDI / Weld presence.