Application Modernization made easy with OpenRewrite and AI

“Many companies are currently grappling with the task of modernizing their existing applications to take advantage of new Java features and Cloud. This process comes with significant challenges, including limited knowledge of current applications, the time required to comprehend them, and the verification of modernization efforts. Fortunately, OpenRewrite offers a valuable solution to address some of the concerns with migration rules.

AI technology can play a pivotal role in this scenario by automating tasks such as test generation and application explanation.

Join me for a talk where I will present a real-life use case focusing on the modernization of a WebSphere application, transitioning from Java 8 to Liberty on Java 21 using OpenRewrite and GenAI.”


Emily Jiang

About Emily Jiang

Emily Jiang is a Java Champion. She is Liberty Cloud Native Architect and Chief Advocate, Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM) in IBM, based at Hursley Lab in the UK. Emily is a MicroProfile guru and has been working on MicroProfile since 2016 and leads a number of specifications including MicroProfile Config and Fault Tolerance. She interacts with most of the other MicroProfile specifications. She is also active in Jakarta EE specifications. She is a co-lead in Jakarta Config and also a Jakarta Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) committer. At IBM, she leads the effort of implementing all of MicroProfile specifications on Open Liberty.

She is passionate about MicroProfile and Jakarta EE. She regularly speaks at conferences, such as QCon, Code One, DevNexus, JAX London, Voxxed, Devoxx, EclipseCon, GeeCon, JFokus, etc.

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