Author Archives: david

JBoss 6.0.0.M4 released – Good News for Weld/CDI Developers

Posted on July 28, 2010 by david

The latest milestone release, M4 of JBoss AS 6 has been released and can be downloaded from the usual place. This new release adds some important Java EE 6 functionality and fixes a very important bug, JBAS-8024, which effectively stops … Continue reading →

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Upgrading RichFaces 4.0.0.A2 to 4.0.0.M1

Posted on July 27, 2010 by david

Last week RichFaces 4.0.0.M1 was released.  If you are using Maven, then its relatively easy to upgrade from Alpha2 to M1. If you’ve not started using RichFaces 4 yet in your applications, then full details of how to install RichFaces … Continue reading →

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Running JBoss Tools in Eclipse 3.6, Helios

Posted on July 7, 2010 by david

With the release of a new version of Eclipse, its natural to download it and start using it straight away.  One of the main problems doing this however, is that plugins aren’t always guaranteed to work with the new version … Continue reading →

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Book Review: GlassFish Security by Masoud Kalali

Posted on July 3, 2010 by david

I’ve just posted a review of “GlassFish Security” by Masoud Kalali over on developinjava.com If you’re interested in security and/or GlassFish, I’d recommend this book.  Check out the review here.

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Developing SOA Composite Applications using POJOs

Posted on May 3, 2010 by david

I’ve just had an article published on the Packt Article Network entitled Developing SOA Applications Using POJOs.  In the article I discuss how to use the POJO Service Engine in GlassFish ESB / OpenESB when creating Composite Applications in NetBeans … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2

Posted on April 8, 2010 by david

I posted a review of Apache MyFaces Trinidad 1.2 over on developinjava.com a few days ago. I liked this book, in particular how it describes how you can use Trinidad with Seam applications. I summarized the book as: This book … Continue reading →

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EJB 3.1 Support in JBoss 6.0M2 – Building JBoss

Posted on January 27, 2010 by david

JBoss recently announced that initial support for EJB 3.1 will be available in the upcoming JBoss 6.0 M2 application server. At present, the EJB 3.1 functionality supported is: developing EJBs without declaring interfaces; and deploying EJBs in WAR files Since … Continue reading →

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Book Review of “JBoss RichFaces 3.3″

Posted on January 22, 2010 by david

Yesterday I posted a review of JBoss RichFaces 3.3 by Demetrio Filocamo. Head on over to developinjava.com to read the full review. In summary, I liked the book and would recommend it for developers using RichFaces.

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DZone CDI / Weld Reference Card

Posted on January 20, 2010 by david

It’s good to see that DZone has released another new Refcard, this time on Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) and Weld – the CDI reference implementation. If you’re looking at CDI or Java EE 6, then its worth downloading this … Continue reading →

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Creating a Weld Project using Maven and NetBeans

Posted on January 15, 2010 by david

Now that the Beta Maven archetypes for Weld (the reference implementation of JSR 299 – Java Contexts and Dependency Injection) have been published in the Maven Central Repository, its easy to create Weld projects using Maven and NetBeans. Assuming you … Continue reading →

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