Coming Up for Air

Monthly archives: June, 2007

Another RI Sandbox Progress Report

With some help from Ryan Lubke, a number of issues have been fixed in the RI Sandbox, including: “Standard” Attribute Support Update various CSS files Make the tabs default to something prettier and several minor fixes here and there. Having done that, I’ve bumped the version (which I have been awful at maintain thus the [...]

Comparing the GlassFish and OC4J Admin Consoles

As I’ve noted previously, a recent job change has required that I become familiar with Oracle’s application server, Oracle Containers for Java, or OC4J. I recently set aside time to set up my OC4J environment to test a prototype I have been working on and have running under GlassFish. After getting the server installed and [...]

RI Sandbox Update: A Blogging Hat Trick

For my record setting, third blog in a single day, I thought I’d make a quick update on the state of the RI Sandbox components. Just a couple of days ago, a former coworker started asking questions about my download component, which made me realize that I should probably find some time to do some [...]

JSFTemplating: Announcing beta support for Facelets templates

The JSFTemplating team is proud to announce that a new, Facelets-compatible format has been added to JSFTemplating and has reached the beta stage. Not all of the Facelets components are currently supported; those that are currently supported are ui:component, ui:decorate, ui:include, ui:define, and ui:remove, with the addition of a new ui:event, which brings the power [...]

A Quick Administrative Note

I recently made a change that I should probably note here: In mid-May, I left my employer of the past 2+ years, IEC, to join Objectstream as a Software Architect, and for whom I will be working at the FAA’s Mike Monroney Aernoautical Center here in Oklahoma City. While I’m very excited about this opportunity [...]