MARCH 2006
Welcome to the next edition of "Extra from Exadel". Our monthly online newsletter provides the open source community with news about our products, industry trends, and upcoming events.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES:
JSF + AJAX = VCP
Exadel Announces Visual Component Platform 1.0
Exadel Visual Component Platformis a rich component library for JavaServer Faces (JSF) that includes an advanced framework for easily integrating AJAX along with flexible look-and-feel design capabilities into business application development. This new product allows users to quickly incorporate AJAX and flexible design ("skinnability") right into their JSF applications without having to learn new underlying technologies.
Exadel Visual Component Platform 1.0 extends JSF development environments by offering three key elements:
- Components, which help companies dramatically improve their time to market and quality to market;
- AJAX-enabled components, which offer the ability to provide a rich user experience based on Web 2.0;
- Skin-enabled components, which provide a highly customizable visual environment for building web applications.
To see how easily you can add new functionality to your web applications, try the online demo.
For more information about this exciting technology and to download your free 15-day trial, visit our website.
EXADEL STUDIO 3.5 HAS BEEN RELEASED
Based on Web Tools Project (WTP) 1.0
As a follow-up to the release of Exadel Studio Pro 3.5, Exadel Studio 3.5 is now available. Exadel Studio is a free building tool for Struts and JSF Web applications that seamlessly integrate visual and source-oriented approaches for the rapid development and deployment of Web applications. Upgrade your version now!
OPEN SOURCE CORNER:
ECLIPSE GOES SERVERSIDE
Exadel Submits "Enterprise Component Framework Project" to Eclipse Foundation
"At least one new project, if adopted, has in my opinion the potential to forever change the way server applications are built and deployed." -Edward J. Correia, EclipseSource, March 15.
Here is the project, Executive Editor of BZ Media?s SD Times, Edward J. Correia, was talking about. Last week, Exadel officially announced its proposal to the Eclipse Foundation for an Enterprise Component Framework Project, which would create an end-to-end business application development platform based on Eclipse.
The Enterprise Component Framework's goal is to create a comprehensive component model for enterprise application development. The component model will provide a great deal of flexibility for building enterprise applications from components. In addition, applications would benefit from the component approach by acquiring such feature as adaptability e.g. ability to react on changes in environment at runtime. Finally, the project will create the ability to easily create enterprise application from existing components for development teams and users.
The Proposal for the Enterprise Component Framework can be found at the Eclipse Web site.
The press release can be found at our Web site.
Download the files for the Enterprise Component Framework.
TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVES:
OSGI/ECLIPSE COMPONENT PLATFORM
By Alex Antonov, Software Architect, Exadel, Inc.
Lately, there have been articles regarding usingEclipse on the server-side rather than the client-side. It?s a very interestingsubject for us, too, and we want to share what we?ve been up to in thatarea. In our article, we will present a new enterprise component model, based on Eclipse Equinox (OSGI),that we believe can provide substantial help in the development ofenterprise applications. Our article describes the rationale and ideasbehind this enterprise component platform and briefly describesthe Enterprise Component Framework itself.
Read the whole article and let us know if you wish to participate in this project.
TEST-DRIVING THE JSF 1.2 RI IMPLEMENTATION ON TOMCAT
By Sergey Smirnov, Principal Architect of the Exadel Studio Product Line
Atthis time, the official JSF 1.2 RI implementation has not beenreleased. However, the beta version is currently being distributed withthe Glassfish Java EE 5 application server (also a beta). Although the1.2 RI is a beta, it?s in very good condition and it?s quite ready fortest-driving to understand how it might fit the requirements for futureprojects.
To read the article and download the examples, go to http://blog.exadel.com/?p=23.
IN THE NEWS:
IN BRIEF: EXADEL VCP (VISUAL COMPONENT PLATFORM) EASES DEVELOPMENT COMPLEXITY
By China Martens, IDG News Service, March 20, 2006
China Martens, talks to Fima Katz, Exadel founder, Chief Executive Officer, andPresident about Exadel?s latest release of Exadel VisualComponent Platform 1.0.
"Many companies are under pressure to upgrade their Web applications togive them the 'cool interface' that Google Maps provides as well asimproving functionality," Katz said. "Trying to develop such applicationscan prove complex and time consuming to a company's in-housedevelopment team."
"WithVCP, Exadel is attempting to mask the complexity, making it easier fordevelopers to build applications using a combination of componentsbased on JavaServer Faces and components enabled by AJAX (asynchronousJavaScript and Extensible Markup Language) technology." -Quoted from thearticle.
Read more at http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/20/76624_HNexadelvcp_1.html
EXADEL'S COMPONENT FRAMEWORK DOES SOME OF THE AJAX DEV WORK FOR YOU
By Kathleen Richards, a senior editor at Application Development Trends, March 21, 2006
"Commercial tool provider Exadel is rolling out a Web componentframework for building apps based on JavaServer Faces components.What's new is that the open source IDE takes some of the developmentwork out of creating AJAX-enabled components." -Quoted from the article.
Read more at http://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=18148
EVENTS:
EXADEL CEO FIMA KATZ TO SPEAK AT OPENSOLUTIONS WORLD CONFERENCE
April 3 - 6, 2006, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA
This presentation explores how organizations can create powerful frameworks that will allow them to build and create re-usable yet custom business components. Attendees will get a broad vision of how next-generation technology can allow developers to build systems from pre-built components that are easy to deploy, develop, customize, and test. This strategic shift in development strategy could fundamentally catapult development team productivity, thus challenging participants to explore their own development strategies.
For more information on this conference, visit website of the event.
2006 JAVAONE CONFERENCE IS AROUND THE CORNER!
May 16 - 19, 2006, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
You cannot afford to miss JavaOne this year! Exadel's team of experts will be on-hand to provide answers to your questions concerning developing enterprise web applications while leveraging open source technology. Discover why thousands of developers around the globe have partnered with Exadel to efficiently design, develop and deploy web applications with more flexibility and less complexity. We look forward to seeing you there.
For more information on this conference, visit website of the event.
COMMUNITY:
VOTE FOR NEW FEATURES TO ADD TO EXADEL STUDIO
Are you an Exadel Studio or Exadel Studio Pro user? We want to hear from you! Let us know what features you would like to see in the next release of Exadel Studio. Will it be Portlets support, visual Hibernate mappings, or something else?
Vote on the Exadel forum!
YOUR OPINION IS VALUABLE
If you have questions or comments about Exadel Studio, Exadel Studio Pro, or Exadel Visual Component Platform that you would like to share with us and the Exadel community, visit our forum at http://forum.exadel.com/.