In a recent post showing how to use JavaFX 2 and NetBeans on the Mac, I noted that I have been unable to run NetBeans using Java 7 on my Mac for reasons I had not been able to figure out. Now, thanks to a pointer from Scott Kovatch, the technical lead at Oracle for the Mac OS X port of Java, I think I can show you how to do that. In case you.....
Read More ›image::javafx_logo_color_1-300x150.jpg As you may have guessed from my recent book review, I’ve been tinkering with JavaFX some, as time as permitted. I’ve been following the technology fairly closely since Sun announced the project way back in 2008. When it was announced that JavaFX 2.0 was finally available, albeit in preview form, for the Mac, I was ecstatic. I ran into issues, though, trying to get it to.....
Read More ›I was privileged to be given a copy of the recently released Pro JavaFX 2: A Definitive Guide to Rich Clients with Java Technology from Apress, authored by !/JavaFXpert">James Weaver, !/weiqigao">Weiqi Gao, !/steveonjava">Stephen Chin, !/deanriverson">Dean Iverson, Johan Vos. This review is a bit overdue, but I hope you find it as helpful as I found the book. For those looking for a quick summary, here it is: Overall, I thought it.....
Read More ›I recently blogged about a change we made in GlassFish 3.1.2 with regard to REST security. Specifically, we added some CSRF protection (you can read the details here). For those of you using the Jersey Client, updating your code to support this change is very simple: import com.sun.jersey.api.client.filter.CsrfProtectionFilter; // ... Client client = new Client(); client.addFilter(new CsrfProtectionFilter()); // ... On the client side, that’s all you have to.....
Read More ›As you may know by now, we released GlassFish 3.1.2 yesterday. Tim Quinn has a nice overview of some of the security-related changes, but one change he didn’t cover was one in the RESTful administration area, namely CSRF protection. I won’t go into the details of what CSRF attack is here, but I do want to show we’ve added protections to GlassFish to make sure the.....
Read More ›Recently, Matt Raible again presented his Comparing JVM Web Frameworks, this time at JFokus 2012. The intent of the presentation, as best as I can gather from half a world away, is to prevent some of the major JVM-based web frameworks, showing the various strengths and weaknesses, which will allow the audience to choose a framework more easily. While the goal is laudable, I’m just not sure how well executed the attempt.....
Read More ›I had the opportunity today to present an introduction to CDI at the Oklahoma City Java Users Group. It was a smaller crowd, but they had great questions nonetheless. After a rough start in a workspace that wasn’t quite as clean as it should have been, I think the rest went fairly well. I had a good time at least. : ) Thanks to all those that came out and asked questions during and after.....
Read More ›JAX-RS is the specification that describes how to build RESTful interfaces in a Java EE environment. Jersey is the reference implementation of that spec, and, like many implementations, offers features above and beyond what spec does. One feature that I’ve been working with recently is the POJOMapping feature, which makes writing services and clients much easier, as well as typesafe. In a nutshell, what this feature allows you to do is deal.....
Read More ›For the GlassFish Administration Console, we have quite a few tests (about 133 at last count). Given the nature and architecture of the application, we’ve chosen Selenium to drive our tests. One of the problems we’ve faced, though, is understanding why a test failed due to the length of time the tests take (roughly 1.5 hours to run the whole suite). Sometimes, we can look at the log and know.....
Read More ›Merry Christmas I hope everyone who happens to find this site this Christmas season has a very special and blessed time with friends and family. On this geek blog, I think it appropriate to leave you all with a retelling of the Christmas story…through Facebook. God bless!...
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