Java News Roundup: Jakarta NoSQL 1.0, Spring 7.0-M3, Maven 4.0-RC3, LangChain4j 1.0-beta2

This week's Java roundup for March 10th, 2025 features news highlighting: OpenJDK JEPs targeted and proposed to target for JDK 25; the release of Jakarta NoSQL 1.0; the third milestone release of Spring Framework 7.0; the third release candidate of Maven 4.0; and the second beta release of LangChain4j 1.0.

The Future of Htmx - Stability and Compatibility

The htmx team recently released an essay addressing the future of htmx. htmx wants to be a low-cost, high-value addition to the toolkits of web developers with a focus on stability and backward compatibility. Going forward, htmx will be developed with its existing users in mind. Websites built with htmx should be working for many years without changes.

OpenAI Launches New API, SDK, and Tools to Develop Custom Agents

OpenAI has announced the new Responses API, the Agents SDK, and observability tools to address the challenges that creating production-ready agents pose, such as building custom orchestration, and handling prompt iteration across complex, multi-step tasks.

Google Report Reveals How Threat Actors Are Currently Using Generative AI

DevProxy 0.25 Improves Configuration Management, Joins .NET Foundation

Microsoft has released version 0.25 of DevProxy, an API simulation command-line tool. The new version improves the tool's configuration management and adds a couple of usability features. The project is also added to the .NET Foundation, a non-profit organisation to support the .NET platform ecosystem.