Granite Data Services 3.0.0.M1 introduces JavaFX 2.2 support

Mon Dec 3 12:26:15 PST 2012

Sorry Frank, I was being cheeky. That comment was aimed more at the JavaFX
team and was about giving the users a way to easily run your demos, i.e.
wouldn't it be cool if you could just send out a URL and a couple of
simple, user friendly clicks later your users are running your demo and can
see it in action? This issue of deployment is a bit of an on going crusade
of mine and the JavaFX guys don't rank it nearly as highly as I do in the
priority list so I couldn't resist a chance to highlight a situation where
a good deployment option would help win people over to JFX.

Regarding your "test drive" for developers a good way to do this might be a
Maven archetype - basically a way of creating quick "template" projects
(not sure if you guys use Maven for your stuff at all?). I have written a
Maven plugin for JavaFX (https://github.com/zonski/javafx-maven-plugin) and
also added a simple Maven archetype for a quick starter client-only JFX
project (see:
http://www.zenjava.com/2012/11/24/from-zero-to-javafx-in-5-minutes/).

Last night I also finished a kickstarter archetype for doing a simple REST
client-server setup (based on SpringMVC for the server, and JavaFX plus
Spring REST templates for the client). It's here:

    https://github.com/zonski/javafx-rest-archetype

We have to wait until Sunday for it to get synched to the main Maven repo
at which point I'll write a blog post on how to use it. If you want to have
a look before then you can check out a sample generated project at:
http://code.google.com/p/zenjava-playtime/source/browse/trunk/javafx-simple-rest-app/

Something like this for your Granite project could well reduce the barrier
to entry, giving developers a way to be up and running with a client-server
skeleton project in just 5 minutes or so.

I intend to add a spring-remoting client-server using
HttpInvoker archetype (much better than REST but REST was a good starting
point from a marketing angle because web is so popular) that also includes
Spring Security and Spring Data (hopefully by xmas or early Jan). Your
project is not a bad option for the space I am targeting so if you guys
wanted to work together on getting an example skeleton app converted into a
Maven archetype I be willing to explore that. Probably best to email me
directly.

Cheers,
Dan

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Franck Wolff <franck.wolff at graniteds.org>wrote:

> Daniel,
>
> Thanks for your feedback. We will definitely provide a "test drive" in the
> next 3.0.0.M2 release, hopefully by the end of the year. It should be based
> on a Jetty or Tomcat server (Tomcat can be more complicated because of
> native APR libraries), packaged together with few binary sample
> applications and their sources. Testing the release would then be only a
> matter of downloading the so-called "test drive", starting it and then
> running the JavaFX applications (java -jar ... or double-click).
>
> Is it roughly what you are looking for when saying "if users could run
> them with a couple of clicks"?
>
> Franck.
>
>
> 2012/11/30 Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com>
>
>> Websockets are a powerful emerging option. Nice use of them in this
>> project and nice fallback onto polling given the newness of Websockets.
>>
>> Imagine how much more powerful those demos would be if users could run
>> them with a couple of clicks - sorry, couldn't resist.
>>
>>
>> On 01/12/2012, at 1:01 AM, Franck Wolff <franck.wolff at graniteds.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > (sorry for the double post, I first replied to Richard without the
>> forum in
>> > copy and then tried today to forward my answer, which is not in the same
>> > thread, my fault, first time in this forum, won't do it again...)
>> >
>> > --------------------
>> >
>> > The features and the samples you are looking for exist and are available
>> > through tutorials:
>> >
>> >
>> http://granitedataservices.com/blog/2012/11/26/real-time-messaging-tutorial-with-javafx-2-2/
>> >
>> >
>> http://granitedataservices.com/blog/2012/11/26/data-management-tutorial-with-javafx-2-2/
>> >
>> > We don't have any other material right now (such as videos or a test
>> > drive), but we did our best to make things as clear and easy as
>> possible.
>> >
>> > And yes, if you open each application described in those tutorials
>> twice,
>> > your changes in one of them will be reflected in the other one "in real
>> > time".
>> > --------------------
>> >
>> > More on the subject: Richard has tried to run the 2nd tutorial on a Mac
>> > (Mountain Lion, java 1.7.0_09 64 bits) and it's causing some ugly random
>> > crashes of the JVM:
>> >
>> > #
>> > # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
>> > #
>> > #  SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fff900dc250, pid=366, tid=9991
>> > #
>> > # JRE version: 7.0_09-b05
>> > # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (23.5-b02 mixed mode
>> bsd-amd64
>> > compressed oops)
>> > # Problematic frame:
>> > # C  [libobjc.A.dylib+0x6250]  objc_msgSend+0x10
>> > #
>> > # Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable
>> core
>> > dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
>> > #
>> > # An error report file with more information is saved as:
>> > #
>> /Users/franckwolff/shop-admin/shop-admin-javafx/javafx/hs_err_pid366.log
>> > #
>> > # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
>> > #   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
>> > # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
>> > # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
>> > #
>> > Abort trap: 6
>> >
>> > I have been able to reproduce the issue (same environment) and I really
>> > don't know what to do with this error ("outside the Java Virtual
>> Machine in
>> > native code")...
>> >
>> > You shouldn't experience this problem on Windows, and hopefully on
>> Linux.
>> >
>> > Franck.
>> >
>> > 2012/11/29 Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com>
>> >
>> >> Cool! Are there any online samples? BlazeDS I remember had some great
>> >> sample pages or videos (I don't remember which) that showed things
>> such as
>> >> two browser windows open, writing in one and auto-updating the UI in
>> the
>> >> other, etc. I'm wondering if graniteds has anything of that kind?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Richard
>> >>
>> >> On Nov 29, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Franck Wolff <franck.wolff at graniteds.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>> We have long been providing a solution to Flex developers, and have
>> >>> recently released a version of our product that supports JavaFX 2.2:
>> >> Granite
>> >>> Data Services <http://www.graniteds.org> (GraniteDS) is a
>> comprehensive
>> >>> development and integration solution for building Flex (and now
>> JavaFX) /
>> >>> JavaEE RIA applications. The entire framework is open-source and
>> released
>> >>> under the LGPL v2 license.
>> >>>
>> >>> To know more about what GraniteDS provides to JavaFX developers, see a
>> >>> comprehensive documentation
>> >>> here<
>> >>
>> http://www.graniteds.org/public/docs/3.0.0/docs/reference/java/en-US/html/index.html
>> >>>
>> >>> .
>> >>>
>> >>> The full announcement about this new 3.0.0.M1 version is available
>> >>> here<
>> >>
>> http://granitedataservices.com/blog/2012/11/26/granite-data-services-3-0-0-m1-is-out/
>> >>> ,
>> >>> together with several links to tutorials and resources. This first
>> public
>> >>> release of a GraniteDS for JavaFX is clearly in a beta stage at this
>> >> time,
>> >>> but with the help of your feedback, we hope to be able to provide new
>> >>> milestones and a stable 3.0.0.GA within the coming months.
>> >>>
>> >>> Here are some additional links:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>  - Community Site: http://www.graniteds.org/
>> >>>  - Blog: http://granitedataservices.com/blog/
>> >>>  - Forum:
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/graniteds
>> >>>  - Bug Tracking System (Jira):
>> >>>
>> >>
>> http://www.graniteds.org/jira/browse/GDS?report=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project:roadmap-panel
>> >>>  - Nightly Builds (Bamboo):
>> >>>  http://www.graniteds.org/bamboo/allPlans.action
>> >>>  - Source Repository: https://github.com/graniteds
>> >>>  - Maven Repository: http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/graniteds/
>> >>>
>> >>> Your feedback will be greatly appreciated,
>> >>>
>> >>> Franck Wolff
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Franck Wolff
>> > Granite Data Services Inc.
>> > CEO & Founder
>>
>
>
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> --
> Franck Wolff
> Granite Data Services Inc.
> CEO & Founder
>
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