May

Creating a Java EE Appliance on OpenSolaris At the JavaOne conference, Sun technical evangelists Peter Karlsson and Chuk-Munn Lee discussed how to build a Java EE platform-based appliance with the GlassFish application server on OpenSolaris.

An Overview and Demonstration of OpenSSO and Federation At CommunityOne 2008, Sun's identity management experts describe the latest model of effecting single sign-on and the process of federating across enterprises with OpenSSO.

A Rundown on OpenDS Ludovic Poitou, community lead for OpenDS; and Jim Yang, project lead for Penrose, a Java technology-based directory server, presented at CommunityOne on the topic, "Getting Started on OpenDS." This recap summarizes the goals, status, installation, and extensibility of OpenDS, also the infrastructure of Penrose, whose default provider is OpenDS.

NetBeans Day at CommunityOne In only four years, the number of active NetBeans IDE users has increased steadily to 450,000. And an enthusiastic crowd of them attended NetBeans Day at CommunityOne. Read this recap.

Project SailFin and Ericsson Application Competition Create or enhance an IMS client-server application for a chance to win USD $5,000 or a Sony Ericsson phone.

Preview GlassFish v3 Technology Preview 2 gives you an early look at GlassFish v3 and its modular, lightweight, and extensible architecture. This milestone release contains web-tier technologies and the Java Persistence API from Java EE 5. In addition, you can use the Update Center to access new early access versions of EJB 3.1 and the JAX-RS API. Try it today.

Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 3: User Attributes Identity services are interfaces that support authentication, authorization, and other related services with SOAP or REST technology. This article steps you through the procedure for obtaining, through the attribute service, the attributes of users whose tokens are passed in service calls.

Adding Authentication Mechanisms to the GlassFish Servlet Container This Tech Tip will show you how to implement and configure new authentication mechanisms in the GlassFish v2 servlet container.

April

Java Application Platform SDK Update 5 Released This latest free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes updates to Sun Java System Application Server (GlassFish), Open ESB, Portlet Container, and more. Download it now and read the overview for details.

URL Redirection in Sun Java System Application Server This article uses examples to show how to configure web application URLs in Sun Java System Application Server or GlassFish.

Working With jMaki Events This Tech Tip covers the jMaki event mechanism. You'll learn about the concepts that underlie the event mechanism and how to take advantage of the event mechanism to easily interact with widgets.

Using MySQL and Memcached on the GlassFish Application Server Use GlassFish to host a web application backed by MySQL and memcached.

From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 3: Federated Access Management Simplified Senior product line manager Daniel Raskin discusses the background for merging two of Sun's access and federation management products and the new capabilities that focus on simplicity, ease of use, efficiency, and convenience.

MySQL Conference & Expo Coverage Read about sessions from the MySQL Conference, including topics like joins, database administration, Ruby and MySQL, embedded MySQL applications, blob streaming, and more.

Web Services Security Video In this interview, three key members of the Metro Web Services Security team discuss the support for web services security in the Metro web services stack.

Net Talk: An Overview of GlassFish In this webcast, Sun Distinguished Engineer Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart delves into the basics of GlassFish, why it is important, and how organizations are using GlassFish in their IT environments.

Better Programming With Java EE: A Conversation With Java Champion Adam Bien Java Champion Adam Bien talks about the challenges and intricacies of Java EE, ways to conduct large-scale IT projects, and the joys of developing.

Secure Conversations for Web Services With Metro In this Tech Tip, you'll learn the basics of WS-SecureConversation, a web services specification designed to enable secure communication between web services. The tip also presets an example that demonstrates how to enable secure conversations for a web service through the WS-SecureConversation support in Metro.

From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 2: OpenSSO, a Thriving Community Sun federation architect Pat Patterson reflects on OpenSSO, Sun's open-source project for single sign-on, outlining its mission, adoption, challenges, future, and an unexpected boon to Sun. OpenSSO is a twin of Sun Java System Access Manager.

New! GlassFish Admin Training Bundle Get all the training you need to install, configure, and administer the GlassFish application server. This web-based training bundle even includes downloadable labs.

March

GlassFish With MySQL Cobundle Released Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 (GlassFish v2 UR1) is now available bundled with the MySQL Community Server open-source database. Read the Release Notes and this blog for details. Download it now.

From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 1: Access Management for Web Applications In this interview, Jamie Nelson, Sun's director of engineering for access and federation management, points out a major oversight in Web development, elaborates on the current state of single sign-on, and suggests the right tool and the right platform for securing application access.

Rails Powered by GlassFish Tired of putting together and managing all the pieces of a Ruby-on-Rails deployment? Simplify your life by developing and deploying with JRuby on GlassFish.

Java EE SDKs Refreshed Update 4 versions of the Java EE 5 SDKs and Java Application Platform SDKs now offer multilingual support. The "+ JDK" bundles also include the latest Java SE 6 (JDK) Update 5. Download the SDKs now.

Referencing Multiple Web Services From An Application Client This Tech Tip describes how to develop an application client that references multiple web services that implement any combination of web services programming models.

GlassFish Sweepstakes Ends March 23 Last chance for your chance to win an iPhone! Download GlassFish and enter the sweepstakes now.

Two New FAQ Segments for Sun Java System Access Manager Here are Q&As on identity management and the service management SDK. The topics range from configurations to the Identity Repository to realms to attributes.

OpenSolaris and LAMP Development In this interview, Kuldip Oberoi, Sun's group manager of OpenSolaris and LAMP development, explains how Project Indiana relates to development and distribution, how OpenSolaris supports much more than Java development, and why it's a great time to be a developer.

Federated Identity Through the Eyes of the Deployer What identity-related challenges do application deployers face? What considerations are involved in setting up a single sign-on solution so that users can authenticate elsewhere before accessing your application? What are the popular federated identity protocols? What questions must you ponder before adopting a standardized solution? Find the answers, along with tips and guidelines, in this article.

Adding Voice to Java EE With SIP Servlets This Tech Tip covers some of the basic concepts underlying Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP servlets. It also presents a sample application that uses SIP servlets and HTTP servlets to provide Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone service.

Building and Running OpenDS With NetBeans IDE In only a few steps, you can build, debug, and run OpenDS--the open-source project for Sun's next-generation directory services products--in the NetBeans IDE. This article walks you through the process with screen shots.

February

Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.

Consuming a MySQL Database in a RESTful Web Service Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE to expose a MySQL database as a RESTful web service endpoint.

Perl Scripts Offer Quick, Accurate Installation and Configuration of Sun Java System Directory Server Automation eradicates manual, duplicate tasks and achieves efficiency, accuracy, and uniformity. Through an example, this article shows you how to automate installation and configuration of Sun Java System Directory Server with Perl scripts.

Deploying JRuby on Rails WAR on Sun Java System Web Server Such a deployment ensures the coexistence of JRuby on Rails with Java technology-based Web applications and accords you the benefits of Sun Java System Web Server: scalability, performance, security, and monitoring and clustering capabilities. Learn the steps here.

Authenticate With Sun Java System Access Manager and ActivIdentity 4TRESS Authentication Server A win-win integration story: You can now adopt 4TRESS one-time password (OTP) authentication schemes in Access Manager and thus secure applications with a wider range of OTP schemes in an Access Manager-protected environment.

Extended Persistence Context in Stateful Session Beans This Tech Tip illustrates an application that uses a stateful session bean and an entity manager with an extended persistence context.

Sun Technical Specialist on Identity and OpenSSO Extensions Paul Bryan talks with Marina Sum about his background in identity development, the history and future of Sun Java System Access Manager, OpenID, the subproject OpenSSO Extensions, and the solutions for phishing.

Video: Sun's Open-Source Application Server—GlassFish Discover the latest Java EE technology with Sun's open-source application server called GlassFish. Learn more about the communities, projects, and resources available.

Java Application Platform SDK Update 4 Released This free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes the latest technologies from Sun Java System Application Server (GlassFish), Portlet Container, Access Manager, and Open ESB. Read the overview for more details.

Tech Tip: Building Kerberos-Based Secure Services Using Metro This Tech Tip shows how to build secure web services and clients using the Kerberos support in Metro.

January

Updated for NetBeans 6.0: Deploying Web Applications to Sun Java System Web Server With NetBeans IDE This revised article reflects the UI for NetBeans 6.0, which contains all the necessary tools for developing desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications.

Tech Tip: Using JAX-WS With Maven This tip demonstrates how to use the JAX-WS Maven plugin to develop web services.

Connect and Participate With GlassFish Try GlassFish for a chance to win an iPhone. This sweepstakes ends on March 23, 2008. Submit your entry today.

Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL Sun has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MySQL AB, an open-source database developer. The acquisition accelerates Sun's position in enterprise IT to now include the $15 billion database market. Read more.

Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 2: Advanced Authorization As a sequel to Part 1, this article describes how to extend the authorization of Sun Java System Access Manager with a hierarchy-based resource model and interoperable web services for .NET applications.

Sang Shin on Open ESB Java Evangelist Sang Shin discusses how Open ESB fosters enterprise agility in developing new applications.

GlassFish v2: Open for Business Find out why the open-source GlassFish v2 application server is a good choice for handling critical business applications and the demands of a production environment.

Enterprise Tech Tips Quiz Test your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips.

JSFTemplating and Woodstock: Component Authoring Made Easy Frustrated with the complexities of writing a JavaServer Faces component? With the help of the JSFTemplating and Woodstock projects, you can write a component with only two files.

New Section for Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager FAQ: Liberty Alliance and Security Assertion Markup Language Read about the support for SAML, Liberty Alliance-based and other federation standards, the identity-based services in Access Manager, the utilities for creating and maintaining federated connections, the components in Federation Manager, and many other pertinent topics.