What's new with Java EE and Glassfish

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What's new with Java EE and Glassfish Trey
Drake AssetWorld 2007 Albuquerque, New Mexico
November 2007
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• Java EE
• Application servers
• Glassfish

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• First released 1999
• Industry standard for server-side Java
• Portable, scalable, stable and secure
• Web services, component model, APIs
• Manageable

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• Web Applications
• Light
• Servlets, JSPs, JSF
• Enterprise Applications
• Heavy
• EJB, JMS, JPA
• SOA
• Heavier
• Web Services, Portlets, JBI, ESB

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EE 5

• Released 5/2006
• Ease development pain
• Added JSF
• Vast improvement in web services
• Overhauled EJB, POJO
• Incremental improvements

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EE 6 (JSR 316)

• In flight
• Introduce profiles weight loss program
• Improve portability
• ReST
• Incremental improvements
• Led by Sun, BEA, Oracle

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Creating Specs

• Java Community Process
• Java EE JSRs
• Multi-vendor
• Sun, Oracle, BEA, IBM
• Transparency

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Application Servers

• Implement Java EE
• Open and closed source
• Differentiate on non-standard features
• Serve niches
• Complexity
• Commodity

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Application Servers
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Support Pricing publicly advertised prices
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Glassfish

• Application server
• Reference implementation
• Open source CDDL or GPL
• Transparency - source, bugs, roadmap
• The community - related technologies

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Glassfish v2

• Java EE 5
• High performance
• Load balancing, cluster, failover
• Virtual hosting
• Adoption - zero to lots

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Glassfish v3

• EE 6 reference
• Modular only what you need
• Faster
• Native scripting Ruby, PHP
• Role based console
• IDE integration

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1 Specification n Vendors

• Vendor mixing
• Adopt Oracle Top Link
• Distribute web services, JSF to BEA, JBOSS
• Vendor agreements and OSS

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Glassfish Differentiators

• The reference
• Production quality FOSS
• More than just Java EE
• Console
• Management
• Integrated
• Cheap support

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Management Features

• Centralized, secure, remote access
• Console or CLI
• Off-line configuration
• Standard interfaces JMX
• Monitoring via jConsole

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HTTP(S)?
RMI/IIOP
JMS
Message routing/failover/load balancing
Management
AS
Clustered Instances
AS
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Node A
Node B
Node C
Applications and Config
HA Application State Preserved
Databases
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Develop With NetBeans

• Full Java EE 5 support
• Wizards everywhere
• Bundles Glassfish
• XML schema tools
• Web services orchestration
• UML
• www.netbeans.org

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More Than An App Server

• Middleware stack a la WebSphere, Red Hat
• Tools, Eclipse plugin NetBeans
• Open Portal, OpenESB, CAPS, OpenDS
• JavaDB
• OOB frameworks

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Wider Impact

• Encouraging and enabling Java EE 5 adoption
• Raising the bar for FOSS app servers
• More middleware to follow

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Future of Application Servers

• Easier to deploy and manage for SMB
• Beyond Java/Java EE
• Application bundling
• Embedded
• FOSS
• Cheaper

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Where To Get Glassfish

• Ubuntu
• Solaris
• Bundled in NetBeans Enterprise Pack
• http//glassfish.dev.java.net
• http//www.sun.com

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Demos

• NetBeans
• Console

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Resources

• treydrake_at_yahoo.com
• http//glassfish.dev.java.net
• http//blogs.sun.com/theaquarium