Enterprise Java Newscast

Kito, Danno, and special guest Cagatay Civici discuss font-end web development, Angular2, Web Components, PrimeFaces and related projects (Prime Elements, PrimeUI, and PrimeNG), Java EE MVC, Oracle dropping the Java plugin, and Oracle’s commitment to Java EE and the JCP. News / Articles Single Page Applications with BootsFaces Angular2 Please Welcome Siwpas as a Java EE Certified Option Latest Java 9 News Proposed Schedule Change for Java 9 Discussion Java EE MVC - does anyone care about old-school server “MVC” frameworks anymore? Does Oracle still care about Java EE? Oracle drops Java plugin Events No Fluff Just Stuff Minneapolis March 4 - 6, 2016 Madison March 11 - 12, 2016 Boston March 18 - 20, 2016 ArchConf April 4 - 7, 2016 St. Louis April 15 - 16, 2016 Reston April 22 - 24, 2016 Columbus Apr 29 - May 1, 2016 Devnexus Feb 15th-17th - Atlanta, GA jDays Mar 8-9, 2016 - Gothenburg, Sweden Links from Cagatay http://primefaces.org/layouts/atlas http://jdevelop

Kito, Daniel, Ian and special guest Venkat Subramaniam discuss a wide variety of topics including JavaOne, Java lambdas, microservices, ES2015’s class syntax, and his new book, Pragmatic Scala (the second edition of Programming Scala). In fact, the discussion was so great that we skipped the new releases! They are, however, included here for your reference. UI Tier Neo4j_visual JSR 378: Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServerTM Faces 2.2 Specification X-tags Released with Microsoft Backing PrimeFaces Elite 5.3.2 Released PrimeFaces Elite 5.2.15 Released PrimeTek Partners with T2 Software Extensions Project Joins PrimeFaces ICEfaces 4.0 AngularJS 2.x - Developer Preview Blog RichFaces 4.5.11.Final Released Persistence Tier Hibernate Search 5.5.1.Final Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier Apache Karaf - Version 4.0.3 Beta: WAS Liberty beta with tools (December 2015) Plants by WebSphere example application Arquillian Liferay 1.0.0.Alpha2 Released HTTP/2 With JBoss EAP 7 - Tech Preview Arquillian OSG

Kito, Daniel, and Ian discuss the challenges of programming with different languages plus new releases from JBoss, Spring, PrimeFaces, RichFaces, TypeScript, git, WebSphere, and more. They also discuss the rise of TypeScript as a popular alternative to other JavaScript transpiler languages, and the possibility that web assemblies will marginalize JavaScript altogether. UI Tier BootsFaces Mojarra 2.03 Milestone 2 Apache Wicket v7.0 Released Microsoft joins the Web Components world Part 1 Part 2 Geb 0.12.0 released PrimeFaces Signature Component PrimeFaces 5.2.9 Elite Released PrimeFaces Rio 2.0 and Modena 1.0.1 Released PrimeFaces 5.3 Roadmap Update RichFaces 4.5.7 Released TypeScript 1.5 Released Persistence Tier Hibernate Validator 5.2.1.Final* Apache Jackrabbit Oak 1.2.3 released Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier Spring Framework 4.2 goes GA Spring Cloud Connectors 1.2.0 released Spring XD 1.2.1 Released Spring Security 4.0.2 Released Spring Boot 1.2.5 released Liferay Collaborate

Kito and Daniel discuss new releases from PrimeFaces, OpenWebBeans, DeltaSpike, Spring Boot, Polymer, AngularJS, WebAssembly, Play, Lucene, new JSF extensions, and more. They also discuss Microsoft’s open-source strategy and Visual Studio Code. Keep up with the alphabet soup of product names. Check out our technical glossary! UI Tier OmniFaces 2.1 released! New F12 Developer Tools for the New Microsoft Edge Liferay Faces Project News - May 2015 AngularJS + CDI = AngularBeans Web framework: Introducing Juzu version 1.0 and its brand new website Apache Tobago 2.0.8 Release Polymer 1.0 PrimeFaces introduces Rio theme and layout New Releases for PrimeFaces Layouts PrimeUI 2.0 Released Recent Ripple of JSF Extensions ButterFaces Material Prime Generjee JSR 378: Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServerTM Faces 2.2 Specification WebAssembly: A Universal Binary and Text Format for the Web Play 2.4.0 “Damiya” released, adds new DI support and test APIs Persistence Tier [ANNOUNCE] Apache Lucene 5.2.0 released Serv

Kito and Daniel are joined by special guest Seb Rose (co-author of The Cucumber for Java Book: Behaviour-Driven Development for Testers and Developers). They discuss new releases from Polymer, ICEfaces, PrimeFaces,  JBoss EAP, SonarCube, Pitest, IntelliJ IDEA, Serenity, and more. They also discuss Behavior-driven-testing (BDD), Cucumber, Geb, Spock, and Test-Driven Development (TDD). UI Tier AngularFaces 2.1.3 has been released! Polymer 0.8 Release ICEfaces EE 4.0.0.GA   Includes ICEfaces Mobile Device Simulator ICEpdf 5.1.2: Now With Enhanced Asian Font Capabilities PrimeFaces Sentinel 1.2 Released PrimeFaces 5.2.RC1 Released Introducing PrimeFaces Spark Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier JBossWS 5.0.0.Final is available! JBoss EAP 6.4 now available Mobile AeroGear iOS SDK v2.3 is out! Misc SonarQube 5.1 released  - http://www.sonarqube.org/sonarqube-5-1-in-screenshots/ Pitest 1.1.5 released  - http://pitest.org Sonar Pitest Plugin 0.5 released  - https://github.com/SonarCommunity/sonar-pi

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Oracle, PrimeFaces, RichFaces, Hibernate, Spring, Apache, and more. They also discuss AngularJS 2.0’s decision to use TypeScript, Microsoft dropping IE, and testing with Selenium and Geb. Correction: PrimeFaces Sentinel Layout  + Theme pricing is $79 (basic) and $479 (extended); Theme only pricing is $49 / $249. UI Tier Oracle MAF 2.1 PrimeFaces Sentinel Premium Theme PrimeFaces Elite 5.1.14 and 5.0.18 Released AngularJS 2.0: Built on TypeScript TypeScript Loves AngularJS RichFaces 4.5.3 Released FaceBook Open Sources React Framework   Microsoft to discontinue IE Persistence Tier Hibernate Search 5.1 Released Hibernate Search 5.1.1 Released Hibernate JPQL Bug Fixes and Hibernate OGM 4.1.2 Apache Jena 2.13.0 release, with features Elephas and Fuseki2. Apache Camel 2.15.0 released Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier Spring Cloud 1.0 Spring Security 4.0.0 Released Spring Security and Single-Page Applications with AngularJS Spring Framework 4.

Kito and Daniel cover new releases from HighFaces, GISFaces, Spring, Java SE/ME, WebSphere, Arquillian, Apache, and more. They also discuss Microsoft’s new Spartan browser and Pivotal’s decision to stop sponsoring Groovy and Grails. UI Tier HighFaces 1.0 GISFaces 1.4 Esprima 2.0 Released Project Avatar Update Microsoft’s new Spartan Browser Persistence Tier Spring XD 1.1 GA and 1.0.4 released Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.1 Released Spring Integration Kafka Extension 1.0.GA is available Infinispan 7.1.0 Final Released Services (Middleware & Microservices) Tier OmniSecurity IBM WebSphere Liberty Profile Beta with Tools - February Misc Arquillian Core 1.1.7.Final Released Apache Tika 1.7 Released HttpComponents Client 4.4 GA Released Apache Allura 1.2.0 released Git 2.3 has been released Java SE 8 update 31, SE 7 and SE Embedded Java ME Embedded 8.1 Released Discussion http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Pivotal-ending-the-sponsorship-of-Groovy-and-Grails http://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-layoffs-are

Kito, Ian, Daniel and Reza cover new Enterprise Java releases, including Jersey, RichFaces, AngularJS, TypeScript, JMS, Akka, Spring, Hibernate OGM, JSF, Scala and more. They also discuss Oracle’s new Alta UI project, as well as Adopt-a-JSR, JavaOne videos, and more. UI Tier Oracle Ulta UI JSON-P 1.1 JSR JSF 2.3 initial milestone Jersey 2.5 RichFaces 4.5.2 AngularJS 1.3.9 Released Planning AngularJS 1.4 TypeScript 1.4 Released Persistence Tier Infinispan 7.0.2 Hibernate OGM 4.1.1 Services Tier (Middleware & Microservices) JMS 2 errata release Java EE Security JSR Java EE Management JSR WebLogic Maven Repository Akka 2.3.8 Maintenance Release Spring Framework 4.1.4 & 4.0.9 & 3.2.13 released Misc   Apache Validator Released   Maven 3.2.5 Released Scala 2.11.5 Released   Spring Boot 1.2.1 released Spring Session 1.0.0.RELEASE Spring IO Platform 1.1.1 released Spring Batch and Spring Batch Admin Releases Discussion Adopt-a-JSR JavaOne Videos for Free What about the other Java EE

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases of AngularJS, PrimeFaces, MyFaces, Bootstrap, Hadoop, Spring Roo, Tomcat, Arquillian, Spring Framework, Spring Integration, Akka, Solr, Lucene, and more. They also discuss the forking of Node.js, microservices vs app servers, and a recent blog post about why you shouldn’t use JSF. UI Tier RichFaces 4.5.1.Final released MyFaces Core 2.2.6 released PrimeFaces Elite triple released AngularJS 1.3.0 Aria support Bootstrap 3.3.1 released Persistence Tier Apache Hadoop 2.5.0 is released Spring Roo 1.3.0 introduces JDK 8 support Spring for Apache Hadoop 2.0.3 Released Testing Arquillian OSGi 1.1.1.Final released Arquillian Cube Extension 1.0.0.Alpha1 Misc Spring Integration Java DSL 1.0 GA Released Spring Security OAuth 2.0.4.RELEASE Available Now Spring Framework 4.1.2 & 4.0.8 & 3.2.12 released Akka 2.3.7 Maintenance Release Apache Tomcat 6.0.43 released Release of Apache DeltaSpike 1.1.0 Apache Camel 2.13.3 Released Apache Solr 4.10.2 released Apach

Kito, Ian, and Daniel discuss JavaOne, JSF, web frameworks, mobile development, Internet of Things, and new JBoss, Apache, PrimeFaces, Spring, MySQL, and TypeSafe releases. UI Tier JavaOne Update: Kito's JSF sessions When the PrimeFaces Bootstrap Theme Isn’t Enough What’s Next for JSF? eBay, Connecting Buyers and Sellers Globally via JavaServer Faces JavaOne Update: ankor.io JavaOne Update: Web Framework Smackdown JavaOne Update: Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) (sessions) JavaOne Update: JSF 2.3 - Integration with Front-End Frameworks PrimeFaces 5.1 Released New in RichFaces 4.5: Charts Middle Tier JBossWS 4.3.1 Released Infinispan 7.0.0.CR1 Released JBoss BPM 6.0.3 Released Apache Lucene/Solr 4.10.1 Released Apache Cayenne 3.1 Released Apache Tomcat 8.0.14 Released Apache UIMA Ruta 2.2.1 Released Apache Storm Released as top-level project Apache TomEE wins Duke’s Choice award at JavaOne Spring Framework 4.1.1 released Spring XD 1.0.1 released Spring Boot 1.1.7 released Persistence

Kito, Ian, and Daniel change up the format to involve more discussion. They discuss the new Java EE JSRs (JSF, JMS, Servlet, CDI, Java API for JSON Binding, etc.) plus entirely new proposals such as MVC and Java API for JSON Binding. Other topics include RichFaces, PrimeFaces, Apache TomEE, Delta Spike, QUnit, Angular.js. Hibernate OGM, Spring Boot, JBoss Errai, and more, plus upcoming conferences. If you have feedback on the new format, please let us know. UI Tier Mojarra 2.2.8 released PrimeFaces 5.0.5, 4.0.18, 3.5.28 released RichFaces 4.5.0.Alpha3 released ICEfaces EE 3.3.0.GA_P02 released JSF 2.3 JSR proposal Servlet 4.0 Java API for JSON Binding Spring Framework 4.1 -- Spring MVC Improvements Java EE MVC 1.0 JSR Middle Tier Apache TomEE JAX-RS / Arquillian starter project Delta Spike 1.0 Released Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java 2.0 It's time to begin JMS 2.1. Persistence Tier Hibernate OGM nominated for Duke’s Choice Award Apache Hadoop 2.5.0 is released Apache Sqoop 1.4.5 releas

Kito, Ian, and Daniel discuss new releases from Spring, JBoss, ICEsoft, PrimeFaces, Apache, IBM, and TypeSafe. They also discuss build tools, the future of JSF, Daniel’s languagematrix project, and the Mojarra web site. Daniel’s project: language-matrix: Code snippets to do useful things for 11 languages: C, C++, Groovy, Ruby, Java, Scala, Python, Haskell, Javascript, Lisp, Clojure. New Releases Spring Spring Framework 4.0.4 released Spring Integration 4.0 Released Spring Social 1.1.0 Released Spring Boot 1.0.2.RELEASE Available Now Spring Batch 2.2.6.RELEASE is now available Spring AMQP 1.3 Released Groovy 2.3 Released JBoss Teiid 8.7 Final Released   Weld 2.2 (CDI 1.2 reference implementation) released! JBoss Tools Integration Stack 4.1.4.Final / JBoss Developer Studio Integration Stack 7.0.1.GA ModeShape 3.7.2.Final is available Hibernate ORM 4.2.12.Final Released Immutant 1.1.1 Released Forge 2.4.1.Final (Roasted) Released Arquillian AngularJS 1.2.0.Alpha1 Released JavaServer Faces MyFaces

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Spring, MyFaces, TypeSafe, JBoss, Oracle, and Apache. They also discuss the ThoughtWorks Technology Radar, the state of JavaServer Faces, Angular.js, Eclipse, and more. New Releases Spring Spring Data “Codd” release train released Spring Data Couchbase 1.0 GA Released Spring AMQP 1.3.0 Release Candidate Available Spring Data Redis 1.2 GA Released Spring Boot 1.0.0.RC4 Available Now Spring Mobile 1.1.1 Released Spring Framework 4.0.2 & 3.2.8 Released Spring Framework 4.0.1 & 3.2.7 released - and 3.1.x retired   Grails 2.3.7 Released   JavaServer Faces Mojarra 2.1.28 released PrimeFaces 4.0.9 released PrimeFaces Mobile Reloaded MyFaces Core 2.2.1, 2.1.15, 2.0.21 released New Features in MyFaces Core 2.2 ThoughtWorks Technology Radar 2014 PrimeFaces response on ThoughtWorks Radar JSF article Apache (Gutted most of it, so Kito can finish up) Apache Spark becomes top-level project Apache Commons Compress 1.8 Released Apache Solr 4.6.1 rel

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Spring, MyFaces, ICEsoft, JBoss, Oracle, and Apache. They also discuss responsive design, the Java EE 8 survey, and James Gosling’s Oracle Report Card. New Releases Spring Announcing Spring Framework 4.0 GA Release The Spring Framework 4.1 plan - and 4.0.1 & 3.2.7 releases coming up next week Spring AMQP 1.3.0.M1 and 1.2.1.RELEASE Available Spring LDAP 2.0.0.RELEASE Released JavaServer Faces MyFaces Core 2.2.0, 2.1.14, 2.0.20 released What’s new in MyFaces 2.2 RichFaces 5.0.0.Alpha2 Release Announcement RichWidgets 0.1 Release Announcement PrimeFaces 4.0.6 and 3.5.22 Released PrimeFaces 5.0 Roadmap PrimeFaces Certification Program Mojarra 2.2.5 and 2.1.27 released   JSF 2.1.22 major performance improvement Apache Commons Lang 2.3.1 Released JMeter 2.11 Released   Commons Exec 1.2 Released Apache Cloudstack 4.2.1 Released Apache Tomcat 7.0.50 Commons Beanutils 1.9.1 Released Apache Wicket 6.13.0 Released Apache Camel 2.11.3 Released RedHat /

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Spring, PrimeFaces, ICEsoft, JBoss, IBM, Oracle, Apache, and TypeSafe. They also discuss Oracle’s decision to drop support for GlassFish, and RebelLabs’ Decision Maker’s Guide to Java Web Frameworks. Sorry to post this so late! Apparently moving and getting a podcast up don't mix... New Releases Spring News Spring 3.2.5 released Spring 4.0 RC1 released Spring Boot 0.5.0.M6 Released Spring Integration 2.2.6 is Now Available Spring Mobile 1.1.0 Released Spring Data Arora SR3 released PrimeFaces News PrimeFaces for .NET Cancelled Client Side Validation Framework PrimeFaces 4.0 Released Async-IO and PrimeTek Partnership ICEsoft News ICEpdf 5.0.4 Released Apache News RELEASE OF APACHE BIGTOP 0.7.0 APACHE COUCHDB 1.5.0 RELEASE NOTES APACHE FLEX 4.11 RELEASED! ISIS 1.3.0 RELEASED HBASE 0.96.0 RELEASED APACHE LOG4J EXTRAS 1.2.17 RELEASED THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES APACHE™ HADOOP 2 ANNOUNCING APACHE CLOUDSTACK 4.2.0 JBoss News Arquillian Port

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from SpringSource, PrimeFaces, ICEsoft, JBoss, IBM, Oracle, and TypeSafe. They also try out recording the newscast using Google Hangouts instead of Skype. New Releases   Spring News Spring-AMQP 1.2.0 Release Candidate is Now Available! Spring Social Facebook 1.0.3 Released Spring XD 1.0 Milestone 1 Released SPRING BATCH 2.2.0.RELEASE IS NOW AVAILABLE SPRING TOOL SUITE AND GROOVY/GRAILS TOOL SUITE 3.3.0.M2 RELEASED Spring Integration 3.0 milestone 2 TcServer 2.9.2 is now available PrimeFaces PrimeFaces Starter Book JSF 2.2 Pass Through Attributes New Component: Fragment Show Message in a Dialog Dialog Framework PrimeFaces Elite 3.5.7 Released ICEsoft ICEmobile 1.3 released Apache Apache Archiva 1.4-M4 released Apache PDFBox 1.8.2 released Apache Jackrabbit 2.6.2 released Apache S4 0.6.0-incubating release Apache Chemistry OpenCMIS 0.9.0 released MyFaces Core v2.1.12 Release Apache CloudStack 4.1.0 Released Apache Log4j-2.0-beta7 released Apache Nutch 2.2 Released Ap

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Apache, PrimeFaces, SpringSource, ICEsoft, JBoss, IBM, Oracle, Google, and more. They also discuss the new Google Android IDE and SpringSource's new Reactor asynchronous framework. New Releases PrimeFaces PrimeFaces Themes 1.0.10 Released PrimeFaces 3.5.3 Released Responsive Interportlet Communication PrimeFaces Mobile 0.9.4 Released PrimeFaces 3.4.5 released PrimeFaces Extensions 0.7 released - new Timeline component PrimeFaces 3.5.4 released ICEsoft ICEpdf 5 released ICEfaces 3.3 released, with new ACE components Apache MEDIA ALERT: The Apache Struts Project Announces Apache Struts™ 1 End-Of-Life Apache Syncope 1.1.1 released Apache CouchDB 1.3.0 released Apache Wookie 0.14 Release Apache PDFBox 1.8.1 released Apache Wink 1.3.0 release Apache Bloodhound 0.5.3 Released Apache MRUnit 1.0.0 released Apache OpenNLP 1.5.3 released Apache Derby 10.10.1.1 released Apache Wicket 6.7.0 Released! OpenJPA 1.2.3 Released Apache Camel 2.11.0 Released Apache Whi

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from Oracle, IBM, SpringSource, PrimeFaces, ICEfaces, Apache, JBoss, NetBeans, eXo Platform, and more. They also discuss coud IDEs and RESTful web framework benchmarks. New Releases   Spring News Spring Integration 2.2.3 is Now Available Rest.js 0.9 Released When.js 2.0 is now available SPRING DATA REST 1.1.0.M1 RELEASED Spring-AMQP 1.1.4.RELEASE is now Available PrimeFaces News Partners with Async IO PrimeTek Informatics PrimeFaces 3.5.1 release for PrimeFaces Elite subscribers PrimeFaces 3.4.4 released ICEfaces News ICEfaces 3.3 RC1 now available ICEpdf 5.0 BETA Apache News Release of Apache Cayenne, version 3.1B2 Release of Apache Commons Math, version 3.20 Release of Apache Commons FileUpload, version 1.3 Release of Apache Tomcat, version 7.0.39 Release of Apache PDFBox, version 1.8.0 Release of Apache Commons Logging, version 1.1.2 Release of Apache Accumulo, version 1.4.3 Release of Apache Commons Compress, version 1.50 Release of Apache Cocoon, version 2.1.12 Re

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from SpringSource, PrimeFaces, ICEfaces, Apache, JBoss, Eclipse, and TypeSafe. They also discuss a report that claims using Spring lowers code quality, "stateless" JSF views, and Java security FUD. New Releases Spring Spring Integration Releases   SPRING INTEGRATION 2.2.1 AND 2.1.5 RELEASED SPRING INTEGRATION 3.0.0 MILESTONE 1 IS RELEASED! Other Spring Releases SPRING DATA RELEASE TRAIN ARORA AVAILABLE SPRING HATEOAS 0.4 RELEASED SPRING BATCH 2.2.0.M1 RELEASED   SPRING FOR APACHE HADOOP 1.0 RC2 RELEASED SPRING MOBILE 1.1.0.M2 RELEASED Spring - Discussion * Controversial * Adding Spring to application lowers code quality PrimeFaces New components: jQuery Range Slider Added to PrimeFaces PrimeFaces global tooltip Improved scrolling and resize support (percentage-based widths, data table/tree table) New comment box component Mobile dialog   Releases: PrimeFaces 3.5 trailer revealed: in-cell editing, multi-column ajax sorting, horizontal tree PrimeFaces 3.5

Kito, Ian, and Daniel cover new releases from SpringSource, PrimeFaces, ICEfaces, Apache, JBoss, and Liferay. They also discuss the pros and cons of the new Spring Migration Analyzer, as well as Getting Things Done and Pomodoro Technique. New Releases Spring News Spring Framework 3.2 goes GA Introducing Spring Scala Spring Security 3.2.0.M1 Released Spring Social Yammer 1.0.0 Released Spring for Android 1.0.1 Released Cloud Foundry Maven Plug-in version 1.0.0.M4 Released Spring Migration Analyzer PrimeFaces News PrimeUI 0.4 Released Featuring Lightbox  - Background on PrimeUI PrimeFaces vs PrimeFaces PRO Custom Content in Menubar PrimeUI 0.3 Released PrimeUI Panel Widget ICEfaces News ICEfaces 3.2.0 released (Nov 2) ICEmobile 1.2 released (Dec 12) Apache News MyFaces Core v2.1.10 Release MyFaces Core v2.0.16 Release Apache Tomcat 7.0.34 released Release of Apache MyFaces Extensions Validator 1.2.6 and 2.0.6 Apache Rave 0.18 release Apache Syncope 1.0.4   Apache Nutch 1.6 Released Apache TomEE JBo