And here is the second post about WLS/GF interoperability. After answering the question How to call an EJB deployed on Weblogic 11g (WLS 10.3.2.0) from GlassFish v3? I now wanted to know, how do it the other way around. Obvisously it would work the same w…
Continue ReadingI was playing around with interoperability problems lately. The question was: How to call an EJB deployed on Weblogic 11g (WLS 10.3.2.0) from GlassFish v3? What looks simple on the first hand, is not too easy. Here are the steps to take. First of all, it i…

Got a very nice eCard today. It contained a link to a small flash movie. And there were more to discover on Oracle.com. Just wanted to share them with you, cause I do love them soo much. Great art! Have a perfect holiday and I wish you all the best for 2010…

This is part V of the software quality analysis series about common jsf component libraries. After a more detailed look at possible bugs (discovered by findbugs) we will take a deeper look at how the projects comply with coding conventions. The analysis was…

This is part IV of the software quality analysis series about common jsf component libraries. Today we are looking at the findbugs results for them in more detail. To make this more transparent to you, I am running the Java Webstart version of findbugs . F…


Celebrating GlassFish v3 final
Roberto Chinnici wrote about this on his blog a few days ago. The final release will happen on December 10, when GlassFish v3 will be available. Today finaly is the day! What we all have been waiting for since so long is there. Download GlassFish v3 (th…

Found this recently and what should I tell you: I love it! :-) Manifesto for Cloud Computing Cloudy approach with any kind of process over foggy substance-driven rain Warm front anticyclones over Agile SaaS Extrinsic data-driven decoupling over bug-drive…
Continue ReadingWe did a lot of theory about static code analysis in part I and part II of my software quality posts. Now it is time to start over with the real work. In this post (part III) we will look at the candidates in more details. I have choosen to examine three o…

The second part of the theory behind static code analysis takes a more detailed look at the remaining metrics, not already covered in part I . I am not shure, if I bother you with all this theory at all. But to me it seems necessary to talk about the basics,…

As announced in my previous post , I am going to take a deeper look at some of the most popular JSF Frameworks these days. A deeper look means, I am going to do some static code analysis with it. Before publishing the details, I have to give you a brief intro…

Working for a larger sofware company has some advantages. One of them is, to have a software quality checker at hand, which can be easily configured to run on any java project. What is called "msgJavaMessplatz" (Java measuring station) depends on qu…

I had some quite dissapointing trials running the new JScaLite examples, shipped with the Oracle WebLogic Server 11g R1 Patch Set 1 (WLS 10.3.2.0). Seems as if my calls were heared at Oracle and they started to write some blogposts about the new Weblogic SC…
Continue ReadingHaving the final Java EE 6 in place it is time for a nice presentation of all included technologies. Here you are. This is done with a little help of the " ZoomText Tool " provided by Timo Elliott . Navigate and have fun. Java EE 6 includes 38 JSRs.…

As posted 30 minutes ago by Roberto, the JEE 6 spec is finaly done! Breaking news: Java EE 6 is done! The final approval ballot closed 9 minutes ago. http://jcp.org/en/jsr/results?id=5025 (source: http://twitter.com/robc2/status/6229390753) Intel and SA…
Continue Readingmyfear's tweet cloud
I just created my first tweet cloud . Interesting to see, what I am talking about since one year :) words (ordered by most used) oracle, java, glassfish, blog, server, weblogic, primefaces, 2009, enterprise, news, software, love, time, post, thanks, code, …
Continue ReadingThis happened three days ago. SpringSource and Oracle proposed the Enterprise Modules Project (Gemini) to the Eclipse community, whose primary goal is to provide access to standard enterprise technology implementations within a modular framework. The projec…
Continue ReadingHere are the slides from my doag conference session about Sun's GlassFish. Only available in german: The Glassfish Experience View more documents from myfear . Opening Slide CC: http://www.flickr.com/photos/octopushat/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

It is quite obvious, that there is a still growing number of jsf component libraries out there. The most popular ones are compared on my favorite site www.jsf-matrix.net . Working with clients in everyday projects I sometimes need to make a proposal for one …

Released only yesterday and now on my harddrive. The WLS 10.3.2.0 (Oracle WebLogic Server 11g R1 Patch Set 1). Beside the fact, that the release notes are missing and the documentation is not updated to the latest version, everything looks quite the same. T…
Continue ReadingThe Patch Set 1 release of WebLogic Server 11g Release 1 was release yesterday. Up to know, there is no detailed readme or my oracle support information available about the contained bugfixes. This Patch Set includes a Technical Preview of WebLogic SCA. Whe…
Continue ReadingJustin Kestelyn posted audio versions of the Oracle OpenWorld Live "TechCast" chats Oracle TechCasts are audio podcasts, hosted by OTN's Justin Kestelyn, with technical experts about new tools, technologies, and trends in application develo…

profound misunderstanding
The European Commission has issued its formal "statement of objections" over Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Sun said in a regulatory filing Monday. Up to now, this statement was not published anywhere and is only available fr…

Done is the engine of more.
Ralf Westphal ( Blog / Twitter ) pointed me to this one . Done by Bre Pettis ( Blog / Twitter ) To be honest, I was first smiling about this one and only retweeting it. After some time, I decided to print it and put it on the wall of my office. Not only, cau…
Continue ReadingJ2EE applications can be rapidly deployed and easily enhanced as the enterprise responds to competitive pressures. (Source: Sun Microsystems Inc.: J2EE Specification) I am working with JEE6 these days. Try to design some new tech-workshops, sessions and …

The Oracle ACE Program
I recently was asked, what the Oracle ACE program is all about. I finaly decided to collect some public information and share some thoughts about this. The official wording about the program: The Oracle ACE Program is designed to recognize and reward Ora…
Continue ReadingA need to have "toy" for all twitter addicted WebLogic admins out there :-) This is a quite lean console-extension, that searches for the #weblogic hashtag on twitter and displays it's results on top of every page of the wls admin console. Th…

Don't ask me why, but I was thinking about a "twittering" WebLogic for some days now. And I finaly managed to spend some minutes on this today. This is the first approach. Have some more in mind and would like to contribute them, too. Let'…
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