This document provides a summary of the presentation "Rapid Development Tools for Java EE 8" given by Mert Çalışkan and Gaurav Gupta at JavaOne 2017. The presentation provides an overview of the new features in Java EE 8, including JAX-RS 2.1, CDI 2.0, Bean Validation 2.0, JSON-B, JPA 2.2, and the Java Security API 1.0. It then demonstrates tools for developing Java EE 8 applications more productively, such as the Jeddict modeler, Dynamic Code Evolution Virtual Machine, Payara tools in NetBeans, and Maven plugins. The presentation concludes with a question and answer section.