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Archive of May 2008
JavaScript support in NetBeans 6.1Friday 23 May 2008 at 11:05
NetBeans 6.1 contains a number of features that are very promising. More specifically, the JavaScript support has improved dramatically.
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GlassFish v3 and OSGi
Saturday 17 May 2008 at 11:40
One of the major (technical) announcements shortly before JavaOne was the decision to use OSGi inside GlassFish v3. Read some of my thoughts about this move.
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A JavaOne session with lots of wisdom
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12:55
On my way back home, I am thinking about which JavaOne sessions I really learned from. There were a couple of interesting things about OpenSocial and Shindig, and of course I attended a number of interesting GlassFish sessions. But the session that gave in my opinion the best information to developers was Adam Bien's session on the Java SE and Java EE platform.
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Performance in Remote EJB's
Sunday 11 May 2008 at 19:33
In a number of projects, we have to use @Remote EJB's. There are pros and cons for using @Remote EJB's, but in some cases the pros outweigh the cons.
At least in GlassFish, you can boost the performance of remote EJB's relatively easily.
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Testing web projects with Selenium
Saturday 10 May 2008 at 05:55
At the very last session at JavaOne 2008, I learned about a very cool tool for testing Web Applications and browser behavior from within Java: Selenium.
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MSA at JavaOne
Saturday 10 May 2008 at 01:07
Yesterday, I attended a number of sessions on MSA (Mobile Services Architecture). I didn't hear big announcements, I didn't see real flashy demo's, but the important message is that devices with MSA are shipping right now.
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How to organize developer communities
Wednesday 07 May 2008 at 21:56
This morning, I attended two sessions about do's and dont's in Open Source development. Find out why.
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Bringing designers and developers together with JavaFX
Wednesday 07 May 2008 at 20:18
During one of yesterday's JavaOne keynote sessions, I saw something that I was hoping for for a long time now: a project that allows designers and JavaFX developers to work on the same project, with their own set of tools.
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CommunityOne impressions
Tuesday 06 May 2008 at 18:14
Today is the first official day of JavaOne. Yesterday, the conference was officially called CommunityOne. Read here about my impressions on CommunityOne.
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First day at JavaOne
Monday 05 May 2008 at 06:04
Every year, I have the intention to take a break before JavaOne. But every year, JavaOne is there sooner than I expected it. It started today, with an unconference.
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