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The JSF team has released a
New Version of JSF 2.0
(release notes,
changelog,
JSF You can install the ZIP manually or the IPS repositories automatically using either the admin console or the update tool. The repositories are very convenient but check what is your preferred repository and remember to set your "View All Versions!" - see ScreenShot. |
We are working on improving the experience of using the repositories; your feedback is very appreciated.
As promised in yesterday's note here are the details on the UpdateCenter (2.0) bug and "update logic" ...
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The story starts with Ryan releasing new JSF packages in December; updates that my update tool didn't see. Several JSF team folks I contacted reported success so I assumed I was affected by a new bug and later wrote an entry. But last week I finally had some time and there are two different issues: • The first one is a usability issue: the Update Tool checks for updates from multiple repositories one of which is preferred. The community and the Sun distributions of GFv3 Prelude have different configurations and our observed behavior reflected which distro we were testing. • After we realized the first, the second issue was easy: just a simple bug, 1075. The result is that we are going to fix 1075, and, we are going to look at how we define the search through the repositories, and how we report on possible updates - the current arrangement is just too error-prone. If you have experiences with similar mechanisms that you want to contribute please let us know. |
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Version 2.1 of the IPS-based, multi-platform, package management system is now available for Download. Full details are available in the Release Notes but Tom's announcement lists the highlights and Joe provides an screencast of the features. Probably the most significant new feature in 2.1 is entitlement support, which will enables us to use it to deliver our commercial products. The first GlassFish product that will use the new release is WebSynergy, now "almost out". |
The team is already working on version 2.2 to fixing some bugs and add features / improvements, including some issues I stepped on while trying out the latest JSF Package; I'll try to write about those later in the weekend (... done).
Some recent news of interest:
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JQuery is a small and fast JavaScript Framework (Wikipedia, homepage). JQuery is very popular (Google Trends!), but Greg (Reimer - one of the developers of Sun.Com) was interested in exploring a declarative approach to JavaScript programming and created reglib (for registration library). JavaScript fiends can start at Reg's reglib vs JQuery post, and then browse though his Other posts, and then go Download the code. The pack(5) (i.e. IPS) toolkit continues to make progress. Although it came from the OpenSolaris effort it is really platform independent and IPS is at the core of the new Update Center for GlassFish v3. Check the IPS blog and the IPS Best Practices Wiki. A recent good presentation is outlined in Intro to pkg(5) - I'd like to schedule one for TheAquarium Online series. Finally a story that is a couple of weeks old; Wikipedia is going to use Sun's OpenStorage products to run MySQL (see Jonathan's entry). Hopefully we will see many more to come in the future as we continue to Optimize the Performance of MySQL on Sun's Systems. |
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Jersey 1.0.1 is Now Available with many changes and improvements, including improved integration with Spring, new MIME multipart API, Maven archetypes, samples, and IoC SPI (see Paul's overview). The easiest way to install it is from the Update Centers: GFv3 UC and GFv2 UC. The Jersey team is already working on the next release 1.0.2 (see Roadmap), and also collaborating with the EJB 3.1 EG on the Integration with EJB 3.1. |
Arun also recently published two new tips on Jersey: Jersey and Embedded GlassFish and Jersey's Client API. And you may also want to pencil in January 15th for a Webinar set on this area - see GlassFish.TV schedule.
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Paul has pushed out a new GeoMap with the data updated through November 2008. We also have updated registration numbers and new Update Center pings. Here is a summary of the numbers:
• GFv2 Registrations - 261,506; up from
150K on July 14 and
200K on Sept 25.
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The usual disclaimers about how each of these metrics has a flaw or another, but also the usual comment that all the indicators are pointing the same way: up.
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This is what the Update Center enables: Nov 14: Graeme announces Grails 1.0.4; Nov 17th: Alexis announces its Availability in the Update Center. Way to go Vivek et al! Download GlassFish v3 Prelude, and check the update center for the new packages (you can do it directly from the admin console); then select the "grails" component and install it. Wait a bit (it is 49MB!) and there you go. Also check out Vivek's presentation on Scripting in GFv3 Prelude and Alexis' Grails Intro Screencast. |
A compilation of today's news of interest:
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We had already mentioned that RTL Uses GlassFish. RTL Group is the largest TV, Radio and production company in Europe. FunRadio.fr is one of their companies (Website) and they are now also running on GlassFish (v2 U1). Oleksiy writes about the Roadmap and the Recent Updates for Grizzly 2. Oleksiy and JeanFrancois recently gave a Webinar on this topic at TheAquarium Online that goes into plenty of detail (wiki page, SlideShare). More UpdateCenter 2 progress getting ready for GFv3 Prelude. Chris (Kampemier) points to the RC 4 build and Chris (Kasso) explains how the Desktop Notifier works.
One of the key technologies in
OpenESB
(and thus on
GlassFish ESB Apple is getting ready to release new notebooks. I admire the way Apple/Steve focuses in delivering "got-to-have" products, and I expect this event to be no different. We Will Find out on the 14th... |
A compilation of today's news of interest:
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Roberto has provided a Schedule Update for JavaEE 6. As a brief summary: JAX-RS is in Final Draft, EJB 3.1 in Public Draft, and the remaining specs will also be in PD by end of October, and all the specs are planned to be final by JavaOne 09 (June 2-5, 2009). Chris, in the UC2 team, has announced a new user-focused site for the multi-platform IPS-based tool. The IPSBestPractices site resides at Wikis.Sun.Com where it can leverage additional functional facilities and (equally more important) improved availability. The latest Hudson builds (Download, ChangeLog) have new facilities for self-installing on Windows servers. Check Kohsuke's entries on Hudson 1.253 (the latest is 1.255) and Installing Hudson on Windows Got Easier.
BPEL
is a key tool for users of tools like
GlassFish ESB
(site Finally, the retailers are already getting ready for Christmas so we are seeing the last batch of consumer-focused devices, including the latest E-Books: Sony's PRS 700 and Amazon's Kindle 2. The Sony looks prettier and has a touch-screen, but the G3 purchase connectivity of the Kindle is still very compelling. We will see... |
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It's nice when things work as designed! Ludo had to reboot his MacOS-X laptop (same reason as why I did it a sec ago - new iTunes) and the GlassFish v3 Update Tool did what's supposed to do: ask if he wanted to update. And to pile on that, the whole experience was very quick... After 30 seconds of download and installation time, I was ready to play with the latest GlassFish V3 Prelude bits... |
Now, what I don't understand is why, in this day and age, I have to reboot my MacBook just to install a new version of QuickTime - which, btw, I never really wanted! Sigh...
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With GlassFish v3, we're moving from a home-grown packaging and update mechanism used today in GlassFish v2 to IPS. Jim has a detailed write-up about how to build an update center module for GlassFish v3. |
Jim covers setting up the tools if you're not using OpenSolaris, module configuration (there is no file format and packaging per say), setting up a repository, and browsing existing repositories (simply point your browser to the magic URL).
The objective for the GlassFish Update Center remains the same - easily expose your software add-ons and updates to both internal of external users (4+ Million GlassFish downloads a year).
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Jim Driscoll has a detailed blog entry on how to use the API's available to the GlassFish Update Center developer. This applies to the current GlassFish v2 update center. Make sure you check it out using |
Jim's blog entry is an expansion of earlier blogs and depending on how sophisticated you want your module to be, Jim's walks you through how to modify a GlassFish install using the addon module APIs. This let's you access the GlassFish file hierarchy as well as the critical domain.xml configuration file. You can also write the uninstalled part.
In GlassFish v3 the update center is already playing a bigger role as even the admin console itself is downloaded on demand using this facility.
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With all the turmoil around JavaOne I missed the two Grails plugins from Martin. Today I was testing the UpdateTool, saw them, and poked around to find the announcements. Read Martin's notes on the Plugin for v2 and the Plugin for v3. Fire DIR/updatecenter/bin/updatetool (GFv2) or DIR/updatetool/bin/updatetool (GFv3), and install it out. |
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We are beginning to see the results of Kohsuke's new job: as of last Monday (Hudson 1.220) Hudson includes an update center for plug-ins. Like the GF Update Center it tracks what has been installed and what's available. Like the NetBeans UC it can be invoked directly from within the tool. When I fired it this afternoon I counted 66 available plugins (web site), all installable by just checking on the tool interface. |
A (clipped) screenshot of the update center page is
here.
Kohsuke's announcement is
here
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A (sometimes broken) track of tool and plugin downloads stats is
here,
showing increased plugin d/ls in the last week.
Enjoy!
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Chris has a very detailed analysis of how to use IPS to package OpenDS. A bit on the long side, but I'd recommend it if you are interested in IPS. IPS is the format we are going to use with the next version of the GlassFish Update Center. IPS is also the format used in OpenSolaris but we are going to use it in an OS-independent manner. And, before you ask, no, we are not going to limit ourselves to delivering only IPS packages. |
Check Chris's entry at OpenDS in IPS format. Feedback here or at Chris's blog.
