November 20, 2009
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons: Part 5, Identity Provider Initiated Fedlet Single Sign-On Use the Firefox web browser to explore an OpenSSO identity provider initiated fedlet deployment.
November 20, 2009
POST-REDIRECT-GET and JSF 2.0 This Tech Tip shows you how to implement the POST-REDIRECT-GET (PRG) pattern in JavaServer Faces 2.0 technology.
November 13, 2009
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons: Part 4, Service Provider Initiated Fedlet Single Sign-On Use the Firefox web browser to explore an OpenSSO service provider initiated fedlet deployment.
November 13, 2009
Performance Tuning the Sun GlassFish Web Stack This guide is an introduction to tuning different components of the Sun GlassFish Web Stack, with a focus on Apache, MySQL, and PHP. (Login or registration required.)
November 06, 2009
Using CDI and Dependency Injection for Java in a JSF 2.0 Application This Tech Tip illustrates the use of three powerful technologies in the Java EE 6 platform: Contexts and Dependency Injection, Dependency Injection For Java, and JavaServer Faces 2.0.
November 06, 2009
The GlassFish Advantage for Small Businesses This paper s ummarizes the benefits of GlassFish for small businesses with an overview of the product's core features and a look at the experiences of three young companies: Webzzle, TravelMuse, and Clarity Accounting. (Login or registration required.)
October 30, 2009
Comparing GlassFish and JBoss: Which Application Server Is Right for You? This paper summarizes the features and capabilities that make GlassFish advantageous for building, deploying, and managing enterprise-class Java applications and web services. (Login or registration required.)
October 23, 2009
Open-Source Starter Kit: Federating to Salesforce CRM With OpenSSO This article explains how to simultaneously control access to in-house applications and those hosted by the SaaS provider Salesforce by using OpenSSO. (Login or registration required.)
October 23, 2009
NetBeans IDE 6.8 Beta Available The first IDE to offer support for the entire Java EE 6 spec! Highlights include improved support for PHP, Project Kenai, Maven, C/C++, and more.
October 16, 2009
Getting Started in the Cloud with the Sun GlassFish Portfolio This paper describes how to take advantage of the Sun Glassfish Portfolio in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) public cloud environment using Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server. (Login or registration required.)
October 05, 2009
Java + You at Oracle OpenWorld 2009: Imagination. Opportunity. Innovation. Check out Sun Microsystems' Java sessions and demos at Oracle OpenWorld
and Oracle Develop.
October 02, 2009
Deploying Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 For High Availability and Scalability This document provides a brief technical overview, as well as the steps to install and configure Sun GlassFish Web Space Server for simplifying the development of web content and collaboration. (Login or registration required.)
October 02, 2009
Case Study: Web Application Tuning on Chip Multithreading Platforms Here is an example of using jstack and tuning web applications to prevent performance bottlenecks on chip multithreading (CMT) platforms.
September 25, 2009
Enabling Web Service Security With OpenSSO WSS Agent Learn how to write a web service with JAX-WS, secure it with
OpenSSO WSS Agent, and deploy it on Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic,
GlassFish, and WebSphere.
September 18, 2009
Enabling IP/Resource/Environment Based Authentication With OpenSSO In this three-part article series, detailed use cases show how OpenSSO server and policy agents can improve a user's experience with access control.
September 18, 2009
Locking and Concurrency in Java Persistence 2.0 This Tech Tip highlights the new locking and concurrency features in JPA 2.0 and provides an application that demonstrates these capabilities.
September 17, 2009
Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Update 7 Refreshed The Java EE 5 Tools Bundle has been updated with NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 and NetBeans Portal Pack 3.0.2. Download now.
September 04, 2009
Delegating XML Gateway Runtime Authorization to OpenSSO Learn how access control rules defined in OpenSSO can be enforced at runtime by SecureSpan XML Gateway through its native OpenSSO integration agent.
August 28, 2009
Securing REST Web Services With OAuth Learn how to use the open-source protocol OpenAuth and OpenSSO extensions to secure a RESTful web service.
August 24, 2009
Free GlassFish Webinar: What's New with Java EE 6? This webinar on Wednesday, August 26, at 10:00 a.m. PDT will cover Java EE evolution, Java EE 6 and GlassFish v3 features, and get you started with Java EE 6. Sign up today!
August 24, 2009
Java EE SDKs Refreshed The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 16. Download the latest versions.
August 21, 2009
Turbo Charge Your AMP Deployments With GlassFish Web Stack Join this free webinar replay led by Jeff Trawick that features a demo of the new Enterprise Manager in GlassFish Web Stack. (Login or registration required.)
August 14, 2009
First Steps to Develop and Deploy Ruby on Rails Applications with GlassFish Ruby on Rails improves developer productivity by speeding up development of database-backed web applications. This document gets you started with JRuby applications on GlassFish. (Registration or login required.)
August 07, 2009
Event Processing with GlassFish ESB This tutorial explores the Intelligent Event Processor (IEP) service engine, a component in GlassFish ESB 2.1 that provides powerful support for event-driven architecture (EDA). (Login or registration required.)
July 31, 2009
GlassFish ESB Tutorial - A Gentle Introduction This tutorial provides a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to the OpenESB technology that is making its way into Sun commercial products--GlassFish ESB and Java CAPS 6. (Login or registration required.)
July 24, 2009
GlassFish Web Space Server Demonstration Sun's Richard Maldonado gives an overview of Sun GlassFish Web Space Server, a complete user interaction platform available with the GlassFish Portfolio that delivers both a traditional portal platform and a web content management platform. (Login or registration required.)
July 17, 2009
Video: Deep Dive on MySQL Ed Ort sits down with Mark Matthews, architect for MySQL Developer Tools at Sun Microsystems, to discuss some of the more powerful configuration options in the popular open-source database.
July 10, 2009
GlassFish Mobility Platform Demonstration See this overview of how to use the Sun GlassFish Mobility Platform to develop a simple application synchronizing photos taken with a mobile phone directly with the cloud. (Login or registration required.)
July 02, 2009
A Sampling of EJB 3.1 This Tech Tip introduces a few of the exciting new features in Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) technology 3.1.
July 02, 2009
JavaServer Faces 2.0: A Complete Tour This one-hour webinar covers all of the new features in JSF 2.0, from big ticket items such as Ajax and bookmarkability, to small features like new methods on ExternalContext, and everything in between. (Registration or login required.)
June 29, 2009
NetBeans IDE 6.7 Now Available NetBeans IDE 6.7 introduces integration with Project Kenai, and includes native Maven support, enhancements for Java, PHP, Groovy, C/C++, and more. Download today!
June 26, 2009
Java EE SDKs Refreshed The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 14. Download the latest versions.
June 26, 2009
Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus: The Lightweight ESB Sun GlassFish ESB has been designed to catalyze a lightweight business integration deployment project. It offers a "fit-to-purpose" mix of features, functionality, extensibility, and support. Learn more in this white paper.
June 19, 2009
A Common Ant Build File for Metro-Based Services and Clients This Tech Tip describes the contents and operation of a common ant build file that simplifies the task of building and testing Metro-based services.
June 19, 2009
RESTful Web Services Made Easy JAX-RS makes it easy to develop RESTful web services using Java technology. This 2009 JavaOne Conference session showed why.
June 05, 2009
Dynamic Languages Powered by GlassFish v3 Application Server Learn how GlassFish v3 has been designed to support dynamic languages like Ruby, Python, and Groovy on the JVM.
June 04, 2009
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 with Extensible GlassFish Application Server v3 GlassFish v3, the Java EE 6 compatible application server, is entirely modular. Have a look at the new OSGi-based architecture and new features.
June 02, 2009
NetBeans 6.7 Release Candidate Now Available NetBeans 6.7 Release Candidate introduces integration with Project Kenai, and includes native Maven support, enhancements for Java, PHP, Groovy, C/C++, and more.
June 02, 2009
CommunityOne West General Session: What's New in the Sun Cloud and OpenSolaris David Douglas, Lew Tucker, and John Fowler discussed what makes cloud computing and the new release of the OpenSolaris OS so appealing.
May 29, 2009
Preview Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 Smaller, simpler, lighter. Try Enterprise JavaBeans Lite and the new and easy APIs for developing RESTful Web services. Download Java EE 6 SDK Preview and Java EE 6 Web Profile SDK Preview.
May 15, 2009
Writing Java Applications Using Jersey to Interoperate With RESTful Web Services The Jersey Client API is a high-level, Java technology-based API for interoperating with RESTful Web services. This paper describes the client API and shows how to to concisely and efficiently implement a reusable client-side solution and talk to RESTful services. (Login or registration required.)
May 08, 2009
Optimizing Sun GlassFish Enterpise Server Performance for Sun Open Network Systems Find out how the open-source Sun GlassFish Portfolio provides the foundation for a high-performance, next-generation Web infrastructure.
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May 08, 2009
Video: Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 Sun Product Architect James Falkner discusses and demonstrates Sun's next-generation portal platform.
May 04, 2009
Application Scalability and Fault Tolerance with GlassFish Load Balancer Scalability and fault tolerance are fundamental requirements of an effectively deployed enterprise application. This paper describes how you can achieve scalability and fault tolerance with GlassFish Load Balancer. (Login or registration required.)
April 28, 2009
NetBeans 6.7 Beta NetBeans IDE 6.7 Beta introduces integration with Project Kenai, and includes native Maven support, enhancements for Java, PHP, Groovy, C/C++, and more. Download now.
April 24, 2009
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons, Part 3: Cross-Domain Single Sign-On Explore the complex interaction between OpenSSO and the policy agent in a deployment designed for cross-domain single sign-on.
April 24, 2009
High Availability with Sun Message Queue This presentation walks you through the clustering t echnologies used by Message Queue to provide a scalable, high-availability messaging service. (Login or registration required.)
April 17, 2009
Tech Tip: Jersey and Spring This tip shows you how to use Jersey's integrated support for Spring, a framework for building and running enterprise Java applications.
April 09, 2009
Java EE SDKs and Java EE 5 Tools Bundle Refreshed The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 13. The Java EE 5 Tools Bundle has been updated with NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 and NetBeans Portal Pack 3.0. Download now.
April 03, 2009
Using OpenSSO To Protect Java EE Applications, Part 1: Setting Up X.509 Client Authentication Learn how to protect your Java EE applications with client certificates in OpenSSO.
April 03, 2009
Tech Tips Quiz Here's a short quiz that tests your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Tech Tips.
March 27, 2009
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons OpenSSO deployments can be complex and difficult to debug. In this two-part article, learn how to troubleshoot your OpenSSO deployments with Firefox add-ons. Part 1 describes configuration and setup; Part 2 takes you through a simple single sign-on and policy protection example.
March 24, 2009
GlassFish Tools Bundle for Eclipse Now Available This bundle is an easy-to-install, out-of-the-box Java EE developer experience for GlassFish users who prefer the Eclipse IDE. Rapidly create Java EE applications with save-session-on-reload technology and GlassFish v3 Prelude. Includes GlassFish v2.1, GlassFish v3 Prelude, Eclipse 3.4, Eclipse WTP, Java SE 6, and Java DB.
March 20, 2009
GlassFish and MySQL, Part 4: Creating a RESTful Web Service and JavaFX Client Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE with GlassFish and MySQL to create a RESTful Web service. You'll also learn how to use the NetBeans IDE with JavaFX support to run a JavaFX client for the Web service.
March 20, 2009
Converged Enterprise Applications In this Tech Tip, you'll learn about converged enterprise applications and how the SIP Servlet API v1.1 specification simplifies the development of converged enterprise applications. You'll also find a sample converged enterprise application that demonstrates the concepts and techniques covered in this tip.
March 13, 2009
Writing Your First Ruby-on-Rails Web Application Use NetBeans IDE 6.5 and GlassFish v3 Prelude to create a Ruby-on-Rails Web application in OpenSolaris 2008.11 without typing a single line of code.
March 06, 2009
Leveraging Identity with GlassFish and MySQL This paper describes what identity management is, how to install and configure Sun Identity Manager using GlassFish and MySQL, and compares the TCO for this solution to other vendors' offerings. (Registration required.)
March 06, 2009
Consuming RESTful Web Services With the Jersey Client API This Tech Tip shows you how to use the Jersey 1.0.2 Client API to consume HTTP-based RESTful Web services. The Jersey 1.0.2 client API is an easy-to-use, high-level, Java technology API that can help you write clients for any HTTP-based RESTful Web service.
February 25, 2009
Java Application Platform SDK Update 7 Now Available This latest free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes these updates: Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1, Portlet Container 2.1, and Web Services for Remote Portlets 2.0 Beta 2. The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6 Update 12. Read the overview and download the SDKs now. Multilingual support is available.
February 25, 2009
2009 JavaOne Conference, June 2-5, San Francisco Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java technology. Register by April 22, 2009, and save $200 off a Conference Pass or Conference Plus Pass. Register now.
February 20, 2009
Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 2: A Tutorial Configure OpenSSO for virtual federation and for secure attributes exchange. Enjoy the benefits of a secure, loosely coupled, and centralized federation solution. Read on for details and an overview of the end-to-end virtual federation process.
See also Part 1, which introduces virtual federation and its business advantages.
February 20, 2009
Webinar: Sun's Open Source SOA -- Less Risk and Cost, More Flexibility In today's economy, IT departments must reduce cost and increase the flexibility of their IT infrastructure. Sun Microsystems addresses these seemingly conflicting requirements with a combination of open-source SOA leadership and the assurance of enterprise-class customer support. (Login or registration required.)
February 20, 2009
Podcast: Skillset -- Job Security With Open Source SOA Learn how you can gain new skills, visibility, and job securi ty by participating in open-source SOA community projects as companies are rapidly adopting open-source software to cut costs, increase flexibility, and prevent vendor lock-in.
February 10, 2009
Sun GlassFish Portfolio Released Sun GlassFish Portfolio is a feature-rich Web application development platform that offers developers support for emerging defacto and industry standards and simplified, rapid code development. Learn more about its features in this podcast with Sun's Paul Hinz and Tom Kincaid.
February 10, 2009
GlassFish Podcast Sun Microsystems' Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, GlassFish Evangelist, and Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, Distinguished Engineer, discuss Project GlassFish, community adoption, and Sun's role in contributing to the GlassFish community.
February 10, 2009
Introduction to Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus This video demonstrates key aspects of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), a lightweight an d agile ESB platform that packages the innovation of Project OpenESB, the GlassFish application server, and the NetBeans IDE into a commercially supported, enterprise-class platform. For more on OpenESB with a focus on Java Business Integration (JBI), watch this
screencast.
February 06, 2009
Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 1: Introduction What challenges are businesses facing in identity federation? How does OpenSSO's virtual federation capability tackle them so that your identity and federation infrastructure is simple, secure, and standardized? Read this article for the answers.
February 06, 2009
Nominate Java Tech Innovators for 2009 Duke's Choice Awards The selection committee is now accepting nominations for the seventh edition of the popular Duke's Choice awards, which honor the best and most innovative uses of Java technology. Winners will be recognized at the 2009 JavaOne Conference. Submit your entries by March 27.
January 30, 2009
Perspectives on Quality Assurance for OpenDS OpenDS is Sun's open-source project for developing a next-generation directory service. In this article, QA lead Gary Williams elaborates on the project's testing aspect: opportunities, challenges, guidelines, practices, measurements.
January 30, 2009
Enterprise Tech Tips Crossword Over the years, the Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips have covered a wide variety of enterprise Java technology topics. Here's a crossword puzzle that tests your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Tech Tips.
January 23, 2009
GlassFish and MySQL, Part 3: Creating and Using a Web Service In this third article in a series of articles on GlassFish and MySQL,
you'll learn how easy it is to convert the controller layer of the Web
application discussed in Part 2 into a Web service.
January 16, 2009
Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents, Part 2: Same-Domain SSO How to configure OpenSSO so that certain resources on your secured application are publicly accessible with no authentication required? Read this article for the procedure. Also included is an overview of the types of single sign-on.
January 09, 2009
Federated Single Sign-On for Salesforce in OpenSSO Learn how to implement federated SSO for Salesforce CRM software with an open-standards-based approach, featuring OpenSSO as the identity provider. That way, you preserve the confidentiality of user login credentials and eliminate the need for multiple logins.
