Servlet 3.0 Pluggability
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Please keep helping us to make the future Java EE 6 be well suited to your needs! Rajiv has a new writeup on Servlet 3.0 Plugability; check it out and post comments, positive and negative.

Also check out all previous entries on Java EE 6 and Rajiv's Previous Servlet 3.0 Note.

What's in the GlassFish Update Centers?
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

We are regularly adding more modules to the two (v2/v3) GlassFish Update Center(s) and it is a bit hard to track what's available there today.

You could just fire your updatetool but I've done some screenshots to save you time and encourage you to use the tool: • v2 Update Center (Clip, Full Window) • v3 Update Center (Clip, Full Window).

PS. I think the right answer is that one should be able to point the browser to the repository to browse; that's coming.

Happy GlassFish v2 user gives v3 a first ride
  Posted by alexismp in GlassFish

Dick ("Number9"), a happy GlassFish v2 customer (lots of nice content here), has a review of GlassFish v3 TP2. He goes through the user experience of installing, starting and updating (web UI) the application server. It also details simple deployment and where to find documentation.

Dick is very much production-focused (not that it's a bad thing ! ;) so it may be useful to add that GlassFish v3 TP2 also offers an update tool to install one or all of the following: EJB 3.1 preview, jRubyOnRails (no more WAR packaging required), Grails, Jersey, metro, and jMaki.

GlassFish v3 TP2 is available for download from http://glassfish.org/downloads/v3 (21 Megs).

Hibernate and JSF on GlassFish Using NetBeans 6.1
  Posted by pelegri in NetBeans

New tutorial from Dongmei and Ken on how to use the latest NetBeans 6.1 to create a Web App using JSF and Hibernate on GlassFish. Tutorial is here; thanks to James for the tip. Note The tutorial uses GF v2; I suspect it would run on v3 also, but if somebody tries it, please let me know.

Metro on GlassFish v3 TP2
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

The GFv3 TP2 does not include the SOAP web services stack - Metro - (content) but it has all the required hooks and Metro is available from the v3 download center, as Bhakti explains in her Latest Note. Installation is straight-forward with the new UpdateCenter (ScreenShot). Try it out and let us know how it goes.

BTW, for those curious, you can poke to the IPS repositories through HTTP: windows, linux, mac, solaris SPARC, solaris x86

PS. As you can see, in addition to Metro, the GFv3 repository includes Grails support, Jersey (RESTful Web Services), jMaki/AJAX, and jRuby. Since TP2 already includes the Java Web Tier (Servlet+JSP+JSF) and JPA (EclipseLink), it is actually a very functional release - please share your experiences with it.

Latest GlassFish Podcast - "Comet" interview with Jean-Francois Arcand
  Posted by alexismp in Web.Next

The latest episode (#12) of the GlassFish Podcast is out. This is an interview from last week with Jean-François "Grizzly" Arcand on Comet (aka AjaxPush).

This 20-minute podcast gets into the Comet paradigm, its availability in GlassFish v2 and v3, standardization in the forthcoming Servlet 3.0 specification, and more.

Note also that Jean-François will be delivering three presentations in Canada later this June (2008): Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto.

SocialSite Screencast
  Posted by pelegri in Web.Next

Check out this short Screencast for an overview of Project SocialSite, the new GlassFish project that we announced last week. The project decouples the Java-based server side and the client, and, through the OpenSocial API, enables the addition of Social Gadgets to your web site or application. Thanks to Jamey and Dave for the tip.

Pentaho Supports GlassFish
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Catching up with news from before JavaOne: Pentaho Announced support for GlassFish v2 for Pentaho BI Platform. Note that Pentaho is one of the more than 40 initial companies listed in the new Sun Partner Program for GlassFish.

New NetBeans, GlassFish and MySQL Bundle
  Posted by pelegri in MySQL

The NetBeans team released a new NB + MySQL + GF bundle (download) a couple of weeks ago but I didn't time to write about it. The bundle includes: • NetBeans 6.1 • GlassFish v2 UR2 • MySQL Community Server See reviews and comments from James - a frequent NetBeans blogger - and Colin - a frequent MySQL blogger -

New GlassFish GeoMap - 40% Growth in Latin America
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Paul pushed out the latest GF Admin GeoMap to reflect data from Feb 07 to May 08. A quick region-by-region comparison shows that the largest increase is in Latin America; Colombia grew more than 100%!

Month-to-month growth for several areas, based on hits:

• US - 18% • Europe - 28% • Asia/Pacific - 18% • Australia - 7% • Latin America - 40%

Rimuhosting Supports GlassFish
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

Rimuhosting now Supports GlassFish. Their application came just a bit too late to make it into the formal GlassFish Partner Showcase but they will be added early next week, when we are all back from JavaOne.

Spring Framework on Update Center for GlassFish v2
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

The Spring Framework (2.5.4) is now available at the GlassFish v2 Update Center (UC@TA). Installation should be straight-forward: after installing GlassFish v2, run the updatecenter via: $GLASSFISH_ROOT/updatecenter/bin/updatetool There are a couple of post-intallation steps to do; check out the details at Pramod's Note and let us know of your experience, positive or negative.

Note this is the GF v2 update center. And thanks to Rajeshaw to help pushing the module out.

OpenSolaris (and GlassFish and MySQL) on Amazon EC2
  Posted by pelegri in General

You may have seen Jonathan's note on OpenSolaris, MySQL and GlassFish being available on Amazon EC2. Details on the OpenSolaris portion are available at the EC2 Blog (Welcome, Launch and New Limits), at Dileep's Blog and at the EC2@Sun and OS@EC2 sites. For MySQL check the MySQL@EC2 site.

I know that Homer worked on the GlassFish AIM AMI but it all happened right before JavaOne and I didn't have time to check more. He told me he is writing a note on it, and I'll spotlight it when it is ready.

And thanks to Charles for some of the Links.

GlassFish ESB Formally Launched
  Posted by pelegri in OpenESB

Another GlassFish-related announcement from Sun (PR): the Open ESB collection of projects are being aligned under the GlassFish umbrella. An evolutionary rather than a revolutionary move as pieces of OpenESB were already included in GF v2, but will encourage further synergies between the groups and artifacts.

Expect bundles of OpenESB components with GF, as well as community and architectural interactions. A good example of the latter is Project Fuji where the ESB components are delivered as OSGi modules running on GlassFish v3.

Check out GlassFish ESB, the earlier TA entry, and Prakah's Introduction to Fuji and GlassFishESB

Sun GlassFish Communications Server - The Commercial Distribution of Sailfin
  Posted by pelegri in GlassFish

We now have a name for Sun's commercial distribution of Sailfin: Sun GlassFish Communications Server. Sailfin will support SIP Servlet 1.1 and can be used to develop applications using IM, VoIP and shared multimedia. The initial release is expected in the fall of this year and will be aligned with GF v2.1.

Check the Press Release for more details. Also, Ericsson and Sun are holding a Contest for Sailfin Applications. And previous entries on Sailfin at TheAquarium are here.