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NetBeans 6.1 was just released and it is both a feature and a performance release. The feature part has to do with JavaScript support - the language everybody loves to hate (See Roberto's talk at JavaOne), MySQL improved support, Spring Framework support, Hibernate support, Axis 2, Sailfin support, and Jersey (RESTful Web Services) support. |
It's also bringing back features lost in the translation from 5.5. to 6.0 such as JavaBeans support and the JSF CRUD Generator. NetBeans also now provides a more natural way to share libraries. All in all a lot of web and server-side features including support for the latest GlassFish v2ur2 release. The full list of features is here.
Performance is related to startup-time, completion speed, and memory consumption. Coming attractions include PHP support, JavaScript debugger, Groovy/Grails support, and more.
As always, the nice download matrix is available here. Congratulations to the team for yet another solid release!
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GlassFish v2 ur2 (Update Release 2) is now available from the usual download pages:
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I hear an updated version of the IzPack installer is on its way...
NetBeans 6.1 is also available in final version and it offers several bundles that include GlassFish. JavaScript support looks really good there. For more on this release, please read this earlier post.
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Paul Sandoz is reporting on the release of JAX-RS v0.6, the JSR for RESTful Web Services. As always, the specification and Reference Implementation (Jersey) are moving along quite nicely as well as in parallel. The editors draft is available here and the schedule has been updated to have a final release in September (see also this wiki page). |
Among the new things in v0.6, you'll find the Jersey client API, enhanced JSON suport, and better integration of Jersey with IoC containers. For more details on the contents and the future developments, please read this blog entry. Keep the feedback coming - good or not so good, we take both.
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Following the footsteps of previous versions, GlassFish v2ur1 (first released in December 2007) now support seven languages: Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, German and Spanish. Some of the web content is also localized. As always community help and feedback is welcome. Ming has more details here. Downloads are available from the GlassFish or Sun Application Server download pages. |
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Paul is announcing the availability of JAX-RS v0.5. As with previous releases, this one is synchronized with Jersey v0.5, its Reference Implementation. Traditional delivery vehicles such a the GlassFish Update Center and NetBeans will soon follow (Maven should be already there). Among new things, Jersey has an improved deployment and configuration process (courtesy of Grizzly and asm) and a rewritten URI dispatching architecture. Paul has more details in his blog entry. |
Both the JSR and the reference implementation are developed in a very collaborative way. Schedule leading up to version 1.0 is here.
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The N1SPS 6.0 Application Server (GlassFish v2) Plugin has now been released. The plugin can be downloaded from N1SPS, Get It page. This previous post has a short introduction about when to use N1 SPS for Application Server deployments. The value of such a provisioning tool also comes from its ability to work with multiple products and deploy a complete multi-tiered architecture. You may be interested in reading this customer testimonial from PixelPark. The title alone for this article should get your attention: "IT service company reduces application deployment time by 97 percent". |
Read more from these other entries:
• Application Server N1SPS Plugin - Blogs and Resources
• Mission Complete - N1SPS 6.0 Application Server Plugin Launched!
• Using N1SPS in GlassFish V2 Enterprise Environment
• Installation of High Availability DataBase with N1 Service Provisioning System
• Provisioning GlassFish V2 with N1SPS (Part 2) - Automation
• Installation of Load Balancer Plugin with N1 Service Provisioning System
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GlassFish v2 has been released for a few days only but it's already time to talk about the upcoming update release (UR). As explained on the users mailing list, The update is slated to provide GlassFish support for the AIX platform (developer and cluster profiles), and an opportunity to get in a focused set of critical-to-quality bugs. |
Tentative dates for this release are :
• Soft Code Freeze October 31st, 07 (feature complete)
• Hard Code Freeze November 14th, 07 (all approved bugs fixed and integrated)
• Quality and Performance testing cycle begins and showstopper bugs fixed between Dec and Jan 22rd
• FCS release January 24th, 08
This wiki page provides more details for this update release while this link has the first build in that branch.
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OpenDS, the 100% Java implementation of an LDAP v3 directory has reached the 0.9 milestone earlier this week. At this point, it is an LDAP v3 compliant directory with multi-master replication and access controls just to name the main features. Next stops are the beta release and a 1.0 version later this year. In the mean time a Summer 2007 Bugfest has just started with prizes for people helping fix as many as 130 defects listed today. |
OpenDS comes with a Java Web Start installer and data to populate the directory. It really doesn't get any easier than that to start using an LDAP directory. If you need to speak XML to OpenDS rather than LDAP, the DSML gateway (implemented as a WAR archive) is also available.
Check also the cool uses of OpenDS as presented by Ludo at the San Francisco GlassFish Day in May 2007.
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The GlassFish v2 beta 2 bits are now available.
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New in GlassFish v2:
• Clustering, Load Balancing, High Availability (HA)
• Microsoft interoperability with Web Services Interoperability Technology (WSIT)
• Improved Performance
• Next-generation Web with Ajax, Scripting, and RESTful Web services
New in Beta 2:
• Fixed many bugs between beta1 and beta2
• Fixed performance issue with in-mem replication feature
• Admin GUI is now fully feature complete
• More modules in GF update center
Schedule: Final release date (latest estimate) is September 17th.
Tools: The recommended NetBeans version is 5.5.1 (RC1) although NetBeans 6 Milestone 9 also bundles GlassFish v2 beta 2.
