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As the specification writing part of JSF 2 comes to a close, we’re getting a more complete implementation done on the reference implementation, Mojarra. One of the primary developers on Mojarra is Jim Driscoll (the other being Ryan Lubke, who has done such an excellent job on the 1.2 series)1. Jim, apparently, has been in [...]
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I’ve made the plunge
I may have made a mistake, but I’ve joined 2007 and hopped on twitter. You can follow me here, or view my latest updates in the sidebar.
Making Your GlassFish v3 Prelude Administration Console Plugin Pluggable
In my last article, I talked about writing plugins for the GlassFish v3 Prelude Administration Console, which showed the various integration types supported out-of-the box by the console, but what if a plugin developer would like to allow other plugins to extend it just like the console itself does. In this short article, we’ll show [...]
Extending the GlassFish v3 Prelude Administration Console
Today, the GlassFish community is launching GlassFish v3 Prelude (Release Notes and Quick Start Guide). If you are not familiar with what Prelude is, here is a short write up giving the high level details. In this article, I’d like to focus on the third bullet there, “CLI and administration console extensibility.” Specifically, we’ll look [...]
Not So Late Breaking News
I’ve been meaning to say something about this for while, now, but I have been a bit busy, and was finally beaten to the punch by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine over at The Aquarium. Before I go any further, go read Alexis’ article, paying particular attention to the “real #1 winner” link. Go ahead. I’ll wait…
The Means Stultify the End
From time to time, someone, trying to cut through all the hype and spin, will attempt some sort of statistical analysis to determine which web framework is “winning.” The results are almost always disappointing, and not because I don’t agree with the outcome, but because the methodology is so flawed. The most recent attempt I’ve [...]
A ValueChangeListener Question and Answer
At the lunch session of the OKC JUG today, a question was asked about the difference between the valueChangeListener attribute and <f:valueChangeListener/>. That is, and The question was, which is “better?” There was also a question if the latter form automatically handled the JS on the parent component. I will now attempt to answer those [...]
Rich Web Experience, Day 3
The third and final day of the Rich Web Experience has come and gone.
Rich Web Experience, Day 2
Day two of RWE turned out to be as good as the first.
Rich Web Experience, Day 1
Today, I’m attending No Fluff Just Stuff‘s “The Rich Web Experience” conference in San Jose. Having had a great experience with NFJS’s Greater Oklahoma Software Symposium, I have high expectations for this conference, and, so far, I’ve not been disappointed.