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

December 19, 2006

What's new with Java EE and Glassfish

Trey DrakeAssetWorld 2007

Albuquerque, New Mexico

November 2007

December 19, 2006

• Java EE• Application servers• Glassfish

December 19, 2006

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

December 19, 2006

• Web Applications– Light– Servlets, JSPs, JSF

• Enterprise Applications– Heavy– EJB, JMS, JPA

• SOA – Heavier– Web Services, Portlets, JBI, ESB

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

EE 5

December 19, 2006

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

EE 6 (JSR 316)

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

Creating Specs

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

Application Servers

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App Server EE 5 OSS Supported

Tomcat X X*

Glassfish X X X

JBOSS X* X X*

Oracle X XWebSphere (Community Ed) X XBEA X XGeronimo X XSAP X X

Application Servers

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App Server Price

Tomcat (via Covalent) ?

Glassfish (via Sun) $6,750.00

JBOSS Call

Oracle CallWebSphere CallBEA $4,720.00Geronimo (via IBM) $3,350.00

Support Pricing *publicly advertised prices

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

Glassfish

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

Glassfish v2

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

Glassfish v3

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

1 Specification n Vendors

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

Glassfish Differentiators

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

Management Features

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JMSHTTP(S) RMI/IIOP

Databases

Applications and Config

Message routing/failover/load balancing

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

Develop With NetBeans

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

More Than An App Server

December 19, 2006

• Encouraging and enabling Java EE 5 adoption

• Raising the bar for FOSS app servers• More middleware to follow

Wider Impact

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

Future of Application Servers

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

Where To Get Glassfish

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• NetBeans• Console

Demos

December 19, 2006

• treydrake@yahoo.com• http://glassfish.dev.java.net• http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium

Resources