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David Salter has a nice review of the recently published GlassFish book (see previous post).
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The approach sounds pragmatic for both Java EE and GlassFish covering from basic webapp definition to GlassFish installation & testing. It also mentions JMS, JAX-WS, security realms and third party frameworks (Seam, facelets, ...) usage & configuration. Overall a very positive review closing with the book being a highly recommended book for developers who are new to Java EE 5 development or the GlassFish Application Server |
Have you bought/read the book?
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Prefer to get your information in ink and cellulose? Then your lucky day is coming--sometime in September. That's when David Heffelfinger says that his new book, Java EE 5 Development using GlassFish Application Server, will be published. It's billed as "The complete guide to installing and configuring the GlassFish Application Server and developing Java EE 5 applications to be deployed to this server." The publisher, Packt, has focused on open source subjects since being founded in 2004. They're currently offering a 20% pre-order discount, plus free shipping to many countries. |
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Apache Geronimo has passed all the tests in the JavaEE 5 CTS test suite. Geronimo is pursuing two Web Services stacks (report card); these results used CXF. According to the announcement, "the official 2.0 release is anticipated at the end of June / early July", which puts it very close to Eclipse 3.3 (Europa). Congratulations to the Apache community! Competition and options are good for customers, we welcome Geronimo to the Java EE 5 Compatibility party. |
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NetBeans is a good friend but many GlassFish users use Eclipse and Ludo has two good news for them. MyEclipse has released 5.5 GA which includes support for GlassFish v2. MyEclipse 5.5 is based on Eclipse 3.2; Eclipse 3.3 (Europa) should be out in June and I'd expect a companion MyEclipse release but Ludo is also upgrading his (simpler) Eclipse Plugin. |
Check Ludo's blog entry and stay tuned for more details.
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Here are two related and good discussions on the value of Specifications and Implementations: Joe had trouble doing some task and his Thread at TSS ellicited specific responses about the task and generic ones about Java EE. The thread motivated John to write that Java EE 5 should be an implementation. |
Both threads and comments in the blogs were (at the time of writing this) fairly reasonable. You may want to check them out and compare them with your own experience; I posted a couple of times in John's blog and you can check how I see Specifications, Implementations and the role of GlassFish.
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BEA today formally released WebLogic Server 10 (Press Release, Linux Mag, CBR Online). This release supports Java EE 5 and shows the increased adoption of the standard. |
So far we have 6 vendors Java EE 5 Certified: BEA's WebLogic Server v10.0, Kingdee's Apsuic AppServer v5.0, SAP's NetWeaver 7.1, TmaxSoft's JEUS 6 and GlassFish v1 and Sun's distribution SJS AS PE 9.0.
It is always interesting to read between the lines in the Official PRs: BEA mentions their use of Spring but not that of GlassFish's Web Services stack, and they never mention the "key competidors" by name... Anyhow, welcome to the Java EE 5 party, the more, the merrier...!
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CVR and Marina report on the Technology Preview for Sun WebServer 7.0 UR1. The main improvement in this release is the replacement of the Java Web Tier container with that of GlassFish, conforming to the JavaEE 5 specifications. This means, for example, that things like the Sun Web Developer Pack will run on it. Check CVR's announcement and download the release from here. Also thanks to Marina for the tip. |
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The Sun Training catalog has updated it Java EE training material with new offerings:
• Developing Applications for the Java EE Platform
(FJ-310)
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Robert reports that Wotif has just switched to GlassFish (more on that soon), and this means that Robert will start writing about their experiences with the new Java EE 5 specs. His first blog describes their approach on Interfaces with EJB3; check it out! |
Wotif provides cheap last-minute hotel reservations in over 35 countries and it is specially popular in Australia, New Zeland and nearby locales (see this article).
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BEA has released WebLogic Server 10.0, as a Technology Preview for their Java EE 5 support. The specific versions of the JCP specs supported are listed here and the Java EE 5 Web Services technologies are well represented since BEA is using the GlassFish implementations for JAX-WS 2.0, and JAXB 2.0, which were part of GlassFish v1 UR1 (latest release). |
The one major area I see not yet up-to-date is the Web Tier: JSF, Servlet, JSP (see the Java EE 5 list of technologies), but BEA has repeatedly expressed their interest in fully supporting the latest standards, so stay tuned. They should also be incorporating soon the latest Web Services stack, with is part of GlassFish v2.
Congratulations to BEA and looking forward to further cooperation. And thanks to Jaime for the Tip.
