JFX

JavaFX Server-Side Push Demo

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:30:00 EDT

Check out this cool screen shot of our JavaFX server-side push demo. The back-end is Seam. Server-side push is implemented with Flamingo. You can drag and drop servers into the rectangles to get live updates. We will be showing this demo at JBoss World 2009 in Chicago in September. I’ll try to record [...]

Enterprise JavaFX

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:30:00 EDT

You can now view or download and deploy one of the first real enterprise JavaFX application. We took the popular Seam booking demo application and created JavaFX UI for it. The JavaFX side is connected to Seam via Flamingo RIA framework. View online You can view and run the application by going to this URL: http://demo.flamingo.exadel.com/booking/. You will also see JSF/RichFaces and Flex versions of the application. All instances are connected to the same Seam back-end. Once you register, you can use the same name/password information to login using any other user interface.

RichFaces Region

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:30:00 EDT

The a4j:region tag in RichFaces is probably one of the most misunderstood tags, but it provides one of the most important features in RichFaces. With it, server-side processing can be limited to only certain designated components. One reason for misunderstanding could be the tag name. Many believe that the region tag limits what is rendered [...]

Interviewing Java Developers With Tears in My Eyes

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

During the last week I had to interview five developers for a position that required the following skills: Flex, Java, Spring, and Hibernate. Most of these guys had demonstrated the 3 out of 10 level of Flex skills even though each of them claimed a practical experience on at least two projects. But this didn’t surprise me – Flex is still pretty new and there is only a small number of developers on the market who can really get Flex things done. What surprised me the most is a low level of Java skills of most of these people. They have 5-8 years of Java EE project behind their belts, but they were not Java developers. They were species that I can call Robot-Configurator. Each of them knew how to configure XML files for Spring, they knew how to hook up Spring and Hibernate and how to map a Java class to a database entity. Some of them even knew how to configure lazy loading in Hibernate even though not all understood why it’s needed.

Ellison at JavaOne: Myths About JavaFX, Android, and J2ME

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:50:00 EDT

At JavaOne, Larry Ellison has made some very encouraging statements about Oracle’s commitments to Java, JavaFX, and the mobile developer market. It is certainly good news that Oracle (i.e., Larry) sees the significance of the Java platform in its integrality. However, there are many misunderstandings about the relationship between Java, JavaFX, and Android that even confuse the new Java owner. Here are some clarifications.

Sun’s JavaOne 2009: Business As Usual

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EDT

New product announcements this year included JavaFX 1.2, which includes new cross platform User Interface (UI) controls, faster application start-up, streaming media support and other performance enhancements across desktop, browser and mobile.

JavaOne 2009 - Highlights Live from Day One

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:45:00 EDT

JavaOne 2009 officially started with the opening Keynote delivered by Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems. The keynote included several announcements and demos presented by partners and customers of Sun. Here are some highlights...

There's Still a Ton Going On at Sun: Sun CEO

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Sun's Project Vector, which will be launched at JavaOne this week as the Java Store, is a network service to connect companies of all sizes and types to the roughly one billion Java users all over the world. According to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz it "has the potential to deliver the world's largest audience to developers and businesses leveraging Java and JavaFX."