Roadmap for Jetty-6, Jetty-7 and Jetty-8
This blog updates the roadmap for jetty-6, jetty-7 and jetty-8 with the latest plans resulting from the move to the Eclipse Foundation and the delay in the servlet-3.0 specification.[Read More]
Posted at 04:47AM Jul 02, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[7]
Bidirectional Web Transfer Protocol - BWTP
I really like the idea behind the HTML5 Websocket API - namely that a datagram model should be used for web application communication rather than a request/response paradigm (this is also the idea behind cometd). But unfortunately, the proposed protocol to carry websocket traffic is neither a good protocol nor is it well specified.[Read More]
Posted at 05:38AM Jul 01, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[1]
The announcement of Google Wave is a bold declaration of where google sees the future of the web. Google, unsurprisingly enough, sees the future of the web as a server side paradigm, with dynamic updates being used to drive the thin client model to capture even more of tasks that where once done client side. Google are extending the server side model of webmail to apply to applications that have been fundamentally client side, such as document authoring, IM and chat.[Read More]
Posted at 02:32AM Jul 01, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[0]
Webtide/Jetty gathering at JavaOne
For SnoracleZero (aka Java One) this year, we are planning a social get together of Jetty users and Webtide clients 8pm Tuesday (June 2).[Read More]
Posted at 12:49AM May 27, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[1]
Servlet 3.0 Proposed "Final" Draft
I previously strongly criticised the Servlet 3.0 JSR-315 process and the resulting Public Review Draft, describing it as a: "poor document and the product of a discordant expert group (EG) working within a flawed process" and of producing a "Frankenstein monster, cobbled together from eviscerated good ideas and misguided best intentions".
... I'd like to focus on the improved spirit of the group and highlight some of the technical achievements that have resulted.
[Read More]Posted at 12:55PM May 21, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[4]
For the last couple of jetty @ eclipse releases I have been working with getting a bit more used to the eclipse way of doing things. One of those 'eclipse way' deals is the p2 update site and I am announcing here the availability of a certain subset of jetty features that are available for download from within eclipse. What does this actually mean?
[Read More]Posted at 10:41PM May 18, 2009 by jesse in General | Comments[0]
JJ Zhuang of Yahoo!'s Zimbra division has posted up the architecture of their offline user client. It makes innovative use, or should I say re-use of their server code to present a seamless experience for desktop users regardless of connection state.
[Read More]Posted at 08:48PM May 06, 2009 by Adam in General | Comments[0]
Webtide podcast with JavaWorld
Greg Wilkins and Jan Bartel join me for a nice interview with JavaWorld, particularly about Comet support and i-Jetty. Listen in! Podcast Link[Read More]
Posted at 09:30PM May 05, 2009 by Adam in General | Comments[0]
Jetty at Eclipse Webcast Available
Greg's excellent presentation is now posted in recorded form. Check it out, find out about Jetty's relation with Eclipse, with OSGi, its continued availability under Apache license, asynchronous servlets and much, much more. Link to Eclipse[Read More]
Posted at 10:15PM Apr 28, 2009 by Adam in General | Comments[0]
Greg Wilkins will be presenting a webinar on Jetty @ http://live.eclipse.org April 27 - 1:00 pm PDT / 4:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm GMT[Read More]
Posted at 10:54PM Apr 26, 2009 by gregw in General | Comments[0]
