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CommunityOne session on JavaFX Script and GlassFish app clients presented - and nicely received
A short while ago I finished presenting the CommunityOne session on JavaFX Script and GlassFish to a gratifyingly large audience. I was also pleasantly surprised that so many of the attendees had worked with app clients (although, admittedly, the population was somewhat self-selecting given the topic!). I ran a little long but there were still some patient developers with interesting questions afterwards.
In a departure (for me) from most previous formal sessions I've done, this one included a live demo, including creating some web services from scratch for GlassFish to host and building pieces of an app client that referred to those web services. Although I showed some of the JavaFX Script code Josh Marinacci had written I didn't alter any of it! Luckily it all ran very smoothly.
Josh did a lot of work in a short period to pull together the JavaFX part of the demo which turned out very slick. I held up the GlassFish server-side and app client pieces. We plan to do a bit of clean-up and then publish a screencast or the source code or both. Stay tuned for a pointer once it's ready.
Posted at 05:49PM May 05, 2008 by timq in Sun | Comments[0]
Closing in on JavaOne 2008
Back to JavaOne next week!
[Read More]Posted at 06:12PM Apr 28, 2008 by timq in Sun | Comments[0]
JAX-WS 2.1 now part of Java 1.6.0_04
Using GlassFish app clients that access web services with Java SE 1.6 has become easier with the release of Java SE 1.6.0_04. This is especially true when users launch such app clients using the automatic Java Web Start support that is part of GlassFish.
[Read More]Posted at 09:25AM Jan 14, 2008 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[0]
Why does GlassFish warn about not finding referenced JAR files?
The warning message "Error attempting to process extensions from the manifest of JAR file..." during a client launch might not always indicate a problem.
[Read More]Posted at 08:55AM Dec 13, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[2]
JavaFX Script in a GlassFish app client - featuring persistence this time
This example of an app client with JavaFX uses a local persistence unit to implement a simple address book application.
Posted at 02:26PM Nov 09, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[9]
Midwest Java Technology Days - Chicago event
I spent yesterday at Sun's Midwest Java Technology Days event in Chicago (actually, Rosemont, a suburb right next to O'Hare). I live and work in the Chicago area and the Sun marketing folks who ran the event were nice enough to let me attend. I had a chance to attend some of the sessions and talk informally to several individuals and small groups about GlassFish. As a software engineer (with a checkered past that includes stints as a consultant and university instructor as well as a software engineer and architect) I usually find it refreshing, humbling, and encouraging to spend time with people actually using the sort of software I work on , and yesterday was no exception.
One very interesting conversation I had was with a project manager who wanted to know how open source projects really work. From his point of view as someone who might consider using open source software in a project for one of his clients. (I answered from my experience on GlassFish, not that this makes me much of an expert.)
- How to ensure quality of the code in the project. (Require clean unit test runs and peer review before changes go into the repository. Run automated builds and tests. Promote thoroughly-tested weekly builds and releases we do on GlassFish.)
- What kind of support can people in his position get for open source projects. (No-cost advice from the community and paid product support from a vendor like Sun.)
(It was far less of a sales pitch than I just made it sound like; I really enjoyed that conversation.)
One developer who had downloaded GlassFish wanted to know how to do something specific that would be equivalent to what he was doing with another app server. Luckily for me, GlassFish does what he wanted and I was able to point him in the right direction. Maybe the most rewarding single moment of the day for me was when this developer left our conversation clearly very excited about working much more with GlassFish.
In case anyone I met with reads this, many thanks for taking the time to talk.
Posted at 05:01PM Oct 19, 2007 by timq in Sun | Comments[1]
Style Change
I decided that the old style, though eye-catching, was just too hard to read. I have also added a hit counter that is embarrassingly low (I tell myself this is because I have only just now added it and it will go up quickly.)
Posted at 05:32PM Oct 16, 2007 by timq in Sun | Comments[0]
NumberGuess example - JavaFX script in an app client
NumberGuess example using JavaFX script now available.
[Read More]Posted at 11:55AM Oct 12, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[0]
Using injected resources from JavaFX Script in an app client
Starting from an existing app client that uses injected resources, I was able to write an similar JavaFX script U/I that also used the injected resources with minimal changes to the original Java code.
[Read More]Posted at 02:04PM Oct 11, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[0]
Preview of JavaFX Script support in GlassFish V2 UR1 Application Clients
GlassFish V2 update release 1 will execute a JavaFX script you package into your app client. This is available with the current nightly builds of UR1 and will be present in the released UR1.
[Read More]Posted at 12:06PM Oct 03, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[4]
GlassFish V2 and out-of-the-box Java Web Start support for App Clients
Today's GlassFish V2 release includes some enhancements to Java Web Start support that allows developers to specify the icon image and splash screen image that their users will see when they download and launch app clients using Java Web Start.
[Read More]Posted at 11:11AM Sep 17, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[14]
GlassFish V3 technology preview available
You can download and use the GlassFish V3 technology preview today!
[Read More]Posted at 04:35PM May 07, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[2]
New article published on java.sun.com about GlassFish support for Java Web Start
I've just completed the process of writing, with the able help of Rick Palkovic, a new article on Java Web Start support for app clients in GlassFish and publishing it in the technical articles section of java.sun.com.
Those of you who have read this blog routinely probably won't find much that is new there, but as always we're trying to reach a broader audience and promote the use of app clients in general and the Java Web Start launch feature in particular. This article should help!
Posted at 01:33PM Apr 24, 2007 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[2]
Specifying icon and splash images for Java Web Start launches of app clients
Java Web Start allows the developer to specify his or her own files to use for the icon and splash screen images. The GlassFish support for launching app clients using Java Web Start now allows the app client developer the same ability.
[Read More]Posted at 10:11AM Mar 14, 2007 by timq in Sun | Comments[7]
Addressing locked JAR problems
Many users have encountered problems on Windows when JAR files remain open, causing problems during undeployment and redeployment. Recent changes to GlassFish will resolve many of these difficulties.[Read More]
Posted at 07:35PM Oct 11, 2006 by timq in GlassFish | Comments[12]
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