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GlassFish tools Bundle for Eclipse version 1.0 is now available with Commercial support. If you've been following this space, you know that we had released a preliminary version at EclipseCon back in March. So as a recap of previous Eclipse tooling coverage, this bundle offers :
• Eclipse 3.4.2 IDE with WTP Java EE support
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As it's the case now for recent GlassFish releases, we've had great help and feedback from the community, especially in terms of quality testing the early access versions. Make sure you read the product release notes for information about a known issue regarding reusing workspaces created with preview releases (if you've used pre 1.0 versions).
Since March the download numbers have been very strong. Of course you can also still get the standalone plugin for GlassFish right from the Eclipse tool. Finally, the team is now working full speed on a new 1.1 version (nightly builds available very soon) with even more features packed in the bundle. Details on Ludo's blog.
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Two news items for the cost of one: First an Announcement of the availability of NetBeans IDE 6.5.1. This is a minor release that bundles GlassFish v2.1 instead of GlassFish v2 and incorporates NB 6.5 Patches and other Bug fixes. Check out the Full Details, and then you can go to the Download Page. |
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The second is a call for participation in NB 6.7 NetCAT. NetBeans 6.7 (previously 7.0) is the release targeted for JavaOne; it recently released M2 (Download, Details) and its features include Ergonomic IDE and even better non-Java language support, including PHP, C/C++, Ruby/Rails and Groovy/Grails. |
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NB 6.7 follows NB 6.1 (Apr 08) and NB 6.5 (Nov 08) |
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Rochelle Raccah recently announced an update (v1.0.4) to the Eclipse plugin for GlassFish. This new release obviously integrates with the newly released Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) and fixes some issues found with the preview of GlassFish v3, and SailFin (telco appserver). |
This plugin can be easily installed right from Eclipse ("Download additional server adapters" from the "New Server" window) and let's you work with GlassFish v1, v2, and v3.
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Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE), the Sun OpenSolaris-based distribution for Solaris, Java, and Web 2.0 developers has a new release out: 1/08. Ludo has a post about the integrated web stack as well as a 10-minute screencast. After giving SMF privileges for Apache/mySQL servers, Ludo shows how the user can use a very simple graphical tool to start/stop and configure services. He also walks you through a small PHP/jMaki/Ajax pre-packaged demo with a mySQL backend. He finally uses NetBeans' PHP support and auto-registering of the AMP-stack to author and debug a simple PHP application. Pretty slick! |
SXDE also comes with the NetBeans 6/GlassFish v2 pre-configured bundle and if you're using the VMWare image, I would recommend upgrading the amount of memory from 512 to 2Gb. And in case you're wondering, the VMWare image password for root is SXDE (see also the FAQ).
Check out also Ludo's previous interview on GlassFish tooling.
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This interview with Ludo Champenois from the GlassFish team discusses the general developer experience with GlassFish as well as with IDEs such as NetBeans and Eclipse. We go into the save/reload paradigm for web and Ajax apps (using jMaki for instance), incremental deployment possibilities, value and role of IDEs for Java EE 5, best OS for developers, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast by searching for "glassfish" on the iTunes online store, by clicking here or using this feed for by any other podcatcher. |
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Kohsuke provides a glimpse of Metro support in IntelliJ IDEA 7.0. GlassFish/JAX-WS combo is the default to create a Web service. Added: IDEA 7 also has support for GlassFish (here), JSF (JPZ'log's note/a>) and Support for TestNG and JUnit. Some useful IDEA's sites are Home Page and Features and Screenshots. |
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NetBeans 6 now has its last Milestone (M10) available. If you haven't already tried NetBeans 6, you'll find a new editor (for Java, XML, JSP, etc...) and a new modularized installer among many other improvements. The archive varies from 23MB to 172MB depending on the features you request. GlassFish version 2 build 53 is integrated in the install process.
GlassFish-related new features in M10 are described in this earlier post. Java EE improvements include:
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Other new features are listed in the New and Noteworthy document. Overall stability and performance are also improved as with every Milestone. This is the last Milestone with a beta set for August and final bits in November.
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MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 5.5 was recently announced by Genuitec. It features GlassFish v2 support with Start/Stop/Deploy/Undeploy from within the IDE. It also has exploded deployments and Hot-Sync debugging. |
Genuitec was present at GlassFish Day a few weeks back in this partner presentation. There is also a screencast to get a feel of what's being made available. Note that MyEclipse is subscription-based: $30-$50/year/developer.
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The GlassFish Community is growing larger every day as demonstrated by recent collaboration news with BEA and the valuable feedback to the Maven repository of Java EE 5 libraries. While NetBeans 5.5 is probably the best integrated IDE for GlassFish, support for the Eclipse developers is also important to the GlassFish community and we're glad to see that recent builds of GlassFish v2 are now again usable with Eclipse 3.2.x and WTP 1.5. Make sure you get the Milestone 4 plugin bits here. Install is as easy as unzipping in the Eclipse install directory. As always, help (code, feedback, bug reports) are greatly appreciated. |
