Ludovic Champenois's Blog

PHP talk at a Java conference?

Bonjour,

Next week, I'll be in Zurich for the Jazoon conferenc e with the GlassFish crew. This is a Java conference, and I'll be talking about....PHP and OpenSolaris and the OpenSolaris WebStack (Apache, MySQL, PHP,...). What!!! PHP at a Java conference? Am I crazy?

I hope not. OpenSolaris 2008.05 is not your father's Solaris. It is something I can use and it comes with a modern AMP stack. So what is the relationship with Java then? Well, since I am a GlassFish developer (and NetBeans developer, and Eclipse developer), I'll be talking about the possible integrations of the AMP stack and GlassFish:

Configuring the OpenSolaris Apache and GlassFish with mod_jk to have parts of your Apache web site served with GlassFish
Configuring the PHP-Java Bridge on OpenSolaris to extend your PHP applications with 'legacy calls' to Java processing performed under GlassFish
Using daily builds of NetBeans 6.5 that have killer support for:

Editing and debugging JavaScript
Creating PHP project, editing and debugging PHP files with the OpenSolaris AMP stack. Yeahhh! NetBeans can do PHP!
Adding jMaki Ajax snippets into PHP projects
Using GlassFish V2 and V3 (V3 plugin is *now* part of the NetBeans 6.5 builds) Java EE project to demonstrate the PHP-Java interoperability

And on Monday, we will host a Jazoon GlassFish day, so if you are around, please stop by and ask as many crazy questions you want. The GlassFish team will be there and well represented. Thanks Alexis for organizing this GlassFish day.

Next stop will be Ajaccio and Britany, but definitely not for work:-)

Ludo

GlassFish V3 TP2 and NetBeans 6.1

Bonjour,

GlassFish V3 TP2 is now available. If you want to use it, or even download it from NetBeans 6.1, just fire the IDE, go the tools->plugins menu and refresh the list of modules, you should see 2 modules, one for Java EE development and one for jRuby projects. Just watch the images to see how you can get both the NetBeans modules, and then download the GlassFish V3 TP2 runtime, and see the 2 new libraries registered by the Server: EclipseLink to do JPA entity beans work and Grizzly Comet to do cool Comet Applications...
Most of the Java EE support from NetBeans 6.1 works with GlassFish V3 TP2 (Db to JPA, JPA to JSF, jMaki, Jersey RestFul services,...) and if you are a jRuby on Rails developers, you can now select the GlassFish server as s deployment target for your NetBeans jRoR projects...

Just scroll through the following images, and you'll know everything about this new NetBeans/GlassFish integration:

Ludo.

My my, hey hey Rock and roll is here to stay

My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out than to fade away
My my, hey hey

Out of the blue and into the black
They give you this, but you pay for that
And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
This is the story of Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out than it is to rust
The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye
Hey hey, my my

If only this page could also play the music...

CommunityOne JavaOne 2008

Bonjour,

Here comes the JavaOne/CommunityOne craziness again next week. The conference week will mark the end of long hours and days of preparation in many different topics:

OpenSolaris Indiana Web Stack integration (Apache, MySQL, PHP)
GlassFish V3 TP2
GlassFish V3 TP2 plugin for NetBeans 6.1 (for Web Applications and jRuby On Rails Applications)
GlassFish V3 TP2 plugin for Eclipse 3.3
jMaki version 1.8: Plugins for NetBeans(JSP, PHP, Ruby, Phobos) and Eclipse (JSP)

OpenSolaris Indiana Web Stack integration (Apache, MySQL, PHP)

I'll be presenting to the CommunityOne OpenSolaris Sessions the current status of AMP support in the brand new OpenSolaris distro. Details here. Topics will be Apache, MySQL, PHP support in Indiana, NetBeans PHP support, IPS repository support, Desktop Integration, possibly PHP Debugging on OpenSolaris, and Dtrace Support.

CommunityOne is on Sunday, May 4th, the day before JavaOne. Here is the list of talks for the OpenSolaris track:

Getting Started with OpenSolaris; New Features & Building OpenSolaris Packages -- David Comay, Stephen Hahn
OpenSolaris Operating System and SAMP (Solaris OS, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Support for Web 2.0 Development: Developer Experience -- Ludovic Champenois, Jyri Virkki
A Student and New User View of the OpenSolaris OS -- James Hughes
Develop, Consolidate, and Manage Virtual Environments entirely in Open Source -- Achim Hasenmueller, Joost Pronk
OpenSolaris Operating System for Intel: Present and Future -- David Stewart, Intel Corporation
The OpenSolaris™ Operating System and Storage -- James Hughes
OpenSolaris™ Operating System and Wireless Networking Advances -- Geeta Krishna, Intel Corporation
OpenSolaris™ Installfest: Get it NOW!

There will be an after party at Moscone Center this sunday (May 4th).
From 6-8pm, there will be a CommunityOne event featuring OpenSolaris at Moscone in SF which featuring a live DJ and have a Cinco De Mayo theme.

I'll be also talking for the CommunityOne GlassFish track:

S295418 - Tools for GlassFish V3 (Java EE Platform and Scripting Environment) -- Ludovic Champenois, Vivek Pandey

Of course, GlassFish V2 is available in the OpenSolaris IPS repository:

You can use the Package Manager GUI to download GlassFish V2 in Opensolaris:

GlassFish V3 TP2

Glassfish V3 is the next version after the excellent GlassFish V2...Duhhh...But wait OSGI support, , EJB inside Web Applications (yes, not in EJB Modules), JPA with EclipseLink JPA provider, jRuby on Rails Applications support, Phobos support, Jython/Django, Groovy (with JSF/Groovy support...wait for some killer demos), IPS based update Center, NetBeans support, Eclipse support, ANT support, Embed ability support, sub second startup time, Cometd support (lots of cool demos at JavaOne), Jersey RestFul Web Services support, jMaki support, already really good web performance (thanks Grizzly and Java NIO, thanks!)...

...
Apr 9, 2008 8:44:48 PM
INFO: Created and Initialized container: ejbName: NewSessionEJBBean
Apr 9, 2008 8:44:48 PM com.sun.enterprise.v3.deployment.DeployCommand execute
INFO: Deployment of WebApplicationWithEJBs done is 638 ms
...

GlassFish V3 TP2 plugin for NetBeans 6.1 (for Web Applications and jRuby On Rails Applications)

NetBeans 6.1 IDE just shipped, but wait.... go the the Update Center, and download the GlassFish V3 TP2 plugins, one for Java EE support, one for the jRuby on Rails projects to get all the incredible Java EE or jRuby developer features that are packed in the IDE with a V3 target... You cannot beat NetBeans 6.1 for Java EE and Ruby features, no way!!!

GlassFish V3 TP2 plugin for Eclipse 3.3

For the Eclipse enthusiasts, GlassFish V3 TP2 server has a plugin as well, so that you can develop Dynamic Web Projects (via WTP) and deploy/debug them with a GlassFish V3 target, including JPA EclipseLink database applications. Or and if you recall GlassFish V3 TP2 is OSGI based, then, you'll understand a bit more this screen showing GlassFish OSGI modules running embedded inside the Eclipse IDE:

GlassFish V3 TP2 running embedded inside Eclipse 3.3

See the list of OSGI bundles in this "About Eclipse" dialog:

jMaki version 1.8: Plugins for NetBeans(JSP, PHP, Ruby, Phobos) and Eclipse (JSP)

The new jMaki plugins for NetBeans 6.1 and Eclipse will show up later this week on the update centers or the https://ajax.dev.java.net site

So, I guess you have now a sense of the crazy days before CommunityOne and JavaOne. Hope to see you there in person next week,

Merci,
Ludo

Eclipse Foundation and GlassFish community

Bonjour,

I just love it when things are aligned. Today, it is about Eclipse and Sun, or I should say Eclipse Foundation and the GlassFish community.
Read it at http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20080317_Eclipselink.php : EclipseLink will be used in GlassFish V3 Application Server (Java EE 6) and it will be the reference implementation for JPA (Java Persistence API) 2.0.
Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to be the first press release ever done mentioning those 2 names: Eclipse Foundation and Sun Microsystems. If you are an Eclipse user, I hope you have noticed the *only* company name that is displayed in the Eclipse splash screen. If not, pay attention the next time you see the screen...

As you might know, I've been involved a lot in the J2EE and Java EE support in NetBeans, and honestly, I can tell this is one of the best support you can get for Java EE developers. And I have also been involved in the GlassFish (V1, V2 and V3) plugin for Eclipse as well as the jMaki plugin for Eclipse. It is good to be able to reach as many developers as possible and give them access to one of the best application server out there.

This week, EclipseCon conference is happening in Santa Clara, and Carla Mott and I will be speaking about GlassFish V2, GlassFish V3, jMaki and Eclipse: See http://www.eclipsecon.org/2008/?page=sub/&id=36.
Our talk is Thurday, March 20th at 10:30 am Grand BallRoom F: Eclipse: Enterprise Apps and Rich Front-end using GlassFish and jMaki.

If you are not familiar about the GlassFish Application Server support in Eclipse, please read these pages:

Both the GlassFish plugin and the jMaki plugin are being updated this week (tomorrow?) for a better GlassFish V3 support and a brand new jMaki 1.1 beta support. We are just doing the final testing today.

Enjoy, and as always, feedback is welcome,

Ludo

Web Stack in SXDE

Hi,

today, Sun is releasing a new version of Solaris Express developer Edition (SXDE) that you can download for free at http://developers.sun.com/sxde
The reason why this release is significant is that for the first time, a complete Web Stack is integrated and ready to use after the installation of the operating system (DVD or VMWare image) on your laptop of desktop.
This release includes the latest tools (NetBeans 6.0 and NetBeans PHP support, Sun Studio), and technologies (JDK 1.6, Apache 2.2, PHP 5.2.4, MySQL 5, PostgresQL 8, Ruby, GlassFish Java EE 5), to create applications for the Open Solaris OS, Java Application Platforms, and Web 2.0.

I've created a screencast that explains how to initialize the Web Stack for a Solaris Desktop user, how to start the Apache2 and MySQL servers, how to administer the stack, how to create and run a simple demo, how to use the NetBeans PHP IDE to create, deploy and debug PHP applications, all these steps done in a rushing 10 minutes. So fasten your seat belt.

ScreenCast available here.

Now if you do not have the time or the bandwith to watch the screen cast, you can view a few images taken from the screencast below:

Default Welcome page in Firefox (bundled) for SXDE 1/08:

Desktop Menu to Initialize the Web Stack:

Desktop Menus after the initialization of the Web Stack:

Web Stack Options UI console:

Registering a MySQL database connection in the NetBeans PHP IDE:

Running a PHP Project via the NetBeans PHP IDE

Debugging a PHP project int he NetBeans PHP IDE:

As you see, it is so simple that I was even able to create a debug a PHP application is less than 10 minutes. So give it a try, this is going to be a great year for Open Solaris and Web developers.
Install SXDE 01/08 (free at http://developers.sun.com/sxde) on your desktop or laptop, using VMWare (Mac, PC,...) or not, and give it a try,

Ludo

My-Ess-Kyew-Ell

Bonjour,

My-Ess-Kyew-Ell, aka MySQL, version 5.0 will be preinstalled in the next Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE) available very soon now...
All in the integration work is now done on the Open via the OpenSolaris community:

For example, the community Architecture Review document is located at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2007/608/onepager/

Active discussion is happening on the webstack-discuss public mailing list: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/webstack-discuss/2007-October/thread.html

The Web Stack community is located under http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/webstack/

And a Desktop integration of the entire stack (Apache 2, MySql, PHP, NetBeans, NetBeans PHP support, NetBeans MySQL JDBC Driver, samples, documentation, GlassFish Java EE 5, JDK 6,...) is available for the developers who would like to get started as quickly as possible without becoming a Solaris sys-admin geek:

Nothing to install other than the OS DVD: it's all there with the next Solaris Express Developer Edition... Just wait a few more days.

And now that My-Ess-Kyew-Ell will become part of Sun MicroSystems, it will just be even more exciting times for the OpenSolaris community.

Welcome aboard,
Ludo

PHP SXDE jMaki

Bonjour, comment 13949712720901ForOSX?

Today, i would like to highlight some good progress on 2 projects I am involved in. The first one is about jMaki, with the announcement by Greg Murray of the jMaki Charting components. So simple to use - a given for jMaki components-, controllable via multiple server languages -Java/JSP, Phobos/JavaScript, Ruby/JRuby, and of course PHP, and toolable...

Here is an sample of what you need to write in PHP

$value = "{

xAxis : {

title : 'Months',

labels : ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May',
'June', 'July', 'August', 'September',

'October', 'November', 'December']

yAxis : {

title : 'Temperature',

tickCount : 3

data : [

{ color: 'red',
values : [10, 25, 25, 5, 35, 5, 15, 5, 10, 15, 25, 30] },

{ color: 'blue',
values : [15, 35, 15, 40, 40, 15, 20, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35 ] },

{ color: 'pink',
values : [20, 40, 30, 35, 45, 20, 25, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40] },

{ color: 'gray',
values : [25, 45, 25, 45, 50, 25, 35, 25, 25, 20, 35, 45] }

]

}";

addWidget( array(

"name" => "jmaki.charting.dojo.area",

"value"=>$value

) );

to produce a chart looking like this:

The second one is Solaris Express Developer Edition (SXDE), a free, quarterly release of Sun's next generation Solaris Operating System built from the source code repository at OpenSolaris.org. The release includes the latest tools, technologies, and platforms to create applications for the Solaris OS, Java Application Platforms, and Web 2.0.
The current release of SXDE (09/07) shipped last month, and and I working on the one that will ship in 01/08, before morphing to Indiana. The 01/08 SXDE release will contain a brand new and optimized SAMP (Solaris, Apache 2.2.4, MySQL 5.0, PHP 5.2.4) stack, and NetBeans 6.0 with the early access plugins for PHP project support. SXDE PHP support will contain the xdebug PHP debugger and you'll even be able to set breakpoints in your PHP code with the NetBeans PHP debugger, as seen in this SXDE screenshot:

In short, with the new SXDE system, you'll get the leading edge version of Solaris, and Firefox, Thunderbird, StarOffice, Sun Studio, NetBeans 6.0, a complete SAMP stack and the tools to develop SAMP applications...in one single OS installation...Pretty nice. Next step for SXDE will to be produce the components that will be delivered in Indiana, an OpenSolaris distro , available in preview mode, as a live CD...Things are shaking up in the right direction for Solaris, and you -Mister Developer- should really have it on your radar...

Ludo

jMaki 1.0 is out...

Bonjour, Comment Java?

jMaki 1.0 is out! All features are in.

jMaki is an Ajax framework that provides a lightweight model for creating JavaScript centric Ajax-enabled web applications using Java, Ruby, PHP, and Phobos.

Ant, NetBeans 5.5, NetBeans 5.5.1, NetBeans 6.0 Beta 1 and above, Eclipse 3.3/WTP 2.0 are all supported.

Check it now,
Ludo

GlassFish V2 in Netbeans 6 Beta 1 today...

Bonjour, comment Java?

GlassFish V2 released today, and is already bundled in the NetBeans 6.0 Beta 1 also releasing today...
GlassFish V2 is the second major release of the Java EE 5 application server, with more features packaged per byte than ever...
And still, a bundle with the NetBeans 6.0 Beta 1 that provides complete Java EE 5 developement environment is less than 100Mb...

95Mb... Hard to beat!. And with this you get kick ass performances: 883.66 JOPS@standard which is the best SPECjAppServer 2004 on T2000...

JPA everywhere (J2SE projects, Web Projects, EJB Modules), Java DB included, fantastic Java EE 5 Web Services support, debugger, profiler, http monitor, comprehensive web console, all in only 95MB dowload..
Try it now,

Ludo

jMaki returns from vacation...

Bonjour, comment Java?

jMaki went for some vacation in Corsica, close to Ajaccio, the Ajax city. jMaki really enjoyed the break, far from the work environment, even if jMaki could not resist checking Email once a day in cyber cafes in front of the magnificent Ajaccio gulf.

Meanwhile, around the globe, engineers were still actively adding features and docs, for example:

and presenting to the Ajax Experience conference, and making the top page on the Ajaxian portal.

It was good for jMaki to return to its roots (Ajaccio) and relax a bit to prepare a big come back:

an updated jMaki NetBeans module (published today)
an updated jMaki Eclipse 3.3 module (published today)
and an updated set of Phobos NetBeans plugins, working with both NetBeans 5.5.1 and NetBeans 6.0 M10, available via the Ajax update Center.

A bientot,
Ludo

ps: my iPhone has a date with my Newton tonight, and I don't want to miss that:)

Solaris on Mac/Parallels in no time...

Bonjour, comment Java?

What is the fastest way to install the latest Solaris on a Mac/Intel? If you have parallels installed, then get an image of Solaris Express Developer Edition at http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=461d6b7d

Assuming you have a correct internet connexion to download the image (in 4 compressed files and an easy to use script to automatize the installation), you'll be able to run the Solaris image is less than 30 minutes... Not bad for installing a kick ass System that contains:

Early release version of Solaris 11.
Sun Studio 11: compilers, tools, and IDE for C, C++, and Fortran.
NetBeans IDE 5.5 and NetBeans IDE Enterprise Pack 5.5
GlassFish V1 (aka Sun App Server 9)
Java Platform Standard Edition 6: for developing and deploying Java applications.
StarOffice 8: OpenOffice-based productivity suite provides word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and drawing capabilities.
Firefox
ThunderBird
... (imagine the combined time it would take to install separately all these products)

...and an intedmenu utility that:

is on the desktop (whao: click and run, no typing)
and works: I selected DHCP and was on the net writing this bog

...and a changeable screen resolution that works (initial screen resolution is 1280x800, with multiple resolutions available: 1440x1024, 1280x800, 1024x768, 800x600).

Cool, really,

Ludo

Can you really click on this pixel?

Bonsoir, comment Java?

Tonight, I have a game for you:
How many of you will be able to click on this centered pixel:

and successfully download GlassFish V2 Beta 2?
Let me know,
Ludo

GlassFish Tooling

Bonjour, comment Java?

Today is feature freeze date for NetBeans 6.0 Milestone 10, and here are a few of the new features rolling in from the GlassFish's perspective:

GlassFish V1 and V2 support (download the server from https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/downloadsindex.html )
new Sun specific deployment descriptors files GUI editors
Finally Java EE Application (EAR) exploded directory deployment (much faster to deploy). (Web Application directory deployment was there since NetBeans 4.1)
Unified DataSource definition and Registration
GlassFish V3 preview module available on NetBeans Udpate Center
jMaki plugin working for both Netbeans 5.5.x and NetBeans 6.0 M10
Phobos plugins for both Netbeans 5.5.x and NetBeans 6.0 M10

Yesterday was also the WTP.2.0 Release Candidate 3 for Eclipse Java EE 5 support. A nice addition in this WTP 2.0 RC3 is the capability of registering the GlassFish (v1, V2, or even V3) Application server directly from the Eclipse 3.3: In the "New Server" dialog, you'll see a "Download Additional Server Adapters" link. When you click on it, you have the following choices:

If you add the recent MyEclipse 5.5 support for GlassFish V2, you must admit that GlassFish Java EE 5 server has a very nice Tools coverage so far for developers... Idea anybody?

Bye,
Ludo

Phobos Editor in NetBeans 6.0

Bonjour, Comment Java?

Why is it only under pressure that 'things' can get done? Today, I was working more or less in parallels on a jMaki NetBeans update, a new Phobos update, an improved NetBeans 6.0 GlassFish V3 plugin, a new GlassFish V3 Eclipse 3.3 plugin, an update of the Eclipse jMaki plugin to also support Java EE 5 web apps, downloading the Eclipse WTP 2.0 RC2, building NetBeans 6.0 daily from source (big big changes coming, mosly good stuff in preparation for Milestone 10), and then my manager asked me an innocent question regarding Phobos:

"Since Phobos is all about JavaScript on the Server Side and on the Cient side, how can you make the difference when a user is editing an EJS (Embedded JavaScript) page that contains both server and client JavaScript?"

Ouch...He had a good point...NetBeans 6.0 has an EJS editor on its update center, pretty good so far, but you could not find easily if a JavaScript statement was for the server side or the client side... I just updated this EJS editor so that the background color would be different (Client or Server), as seen in the following image:

You'll notice also that all the Phobos libraries (library.*) are available via code completion, thanks to Roberto that can produce a code completion database in JSON format via a Phobos tool... The documentation is also online at: https://phobos.dev.java.net/nonav/apidoc/javascript/index.html
and in the NetBeans editor.
All this work has to be done before I go on vacation, back to France in Ajaccio (Corsica) and Bourg de Batz (Britany), 2 of the nicest places on earth.

A Bientot,
Ludo