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October 30, 2007

Silicon Valley Code Camp Trip Report

Filed under: webservices — arungupta @ 12:02 am

Rama and I presented on Metro and jMaki in Silicon Valley Code Camp last Saturday. Here are the pictures

It was good to meet Peter Kellner (SVCC Orgaznier, Aaron Houston (Program Coordinator for JUGs), Van Riper (Silicon Valley JUG Founder), Kevin Nelson (Silicon Valley Web JUG Founder), Juval Lowy (of iDesign) and many others.

And here is a recap of the question/answers asked during the two sessions:

  • Takes 2 Tango: Java and .NET Interoperability
    • Are slides available ?

      Yes, very well. They are available here. A link to the demos shown in the talk is available at:
       

      • Excel 2007 (source code, screencast)
      • NetBeans 6 screencast demo (screencast)

    • There are changed signatures when using JAX-WS 2.1.3 with JDK 6. How does it work ?

      JDK 6 U3 contains JAX-WS 2.0 APIs. JAX-WS 2.1.x contains JAX-WS 2.1 APIs. In order to override the default APIs, the endorsed directory mechanism needs as explained here.

    • How can I send PDF files in SOAP messages ?

      Metro implements MTOM/XOP that allows to send any form of binary attachments (including PDF).

    • How do I achieve higher performance in Web services messages ?

      Metro is a high-performance stack. It can be further boosted by using FastInfoset that uses standard binary encoding for the XML Infoset.

    • How does a client know the request expects a String or Integer ?

      The JAXB specification defines Java-to-XML and XML-to-Java mapping. JAX-WS uses JAXB for mapping of all XML schema to Java constructs..

  • jMaki: Multiple Languages, Multiple Toolkits
    • Are slides available ?

      Yes, very well. They are available here. A link to the demos shown in the talk is available at:
       

      • jMaki Maps mashup
      • jMaki on Rails
      • Sun Tech Days
    • How can the messages in jMaki be localized ?

      Client-side localization is achieved using JSON on the client and is described here. Server-side localization will use property files and will be delivered in the next release.

    • What part of Flash is supported ?

      Flash can be wrapped and the only example we have is jMaki sound. In general, jMaki strives to be 100% plug-in free.

    • How much support is available in Eclipse ?

      The jMaki plugin for Eclipse is available here. A detailed screencast showing all the steps clearly is available here.

    • Why do we use embedded JavaScript instead of keeping it in a separate .js file ?

      Even though jMaki does not promote embedded JavaScript, but in this case we have to use it to get the correct JavaScript parameters in. There is easy way in a platform neutral way around this to allow for multiple calls back to the server. There is a complicated alternative that requires more steps and that’s why not followed.

    • Can custom layouts be used for index.jsp ?

      Yes, jMaki layouts are CSS-based and can be replaced with any standard CSS.

    • How much drag/drop support is available in NetBeans/PHP ?

      NetBeans PHP support is available in Daily Build. Once PHP support is baked, jMaki modules will be made available.

    • What are minimum browser requirements for jMaki ?

      jMaki runs on all current generation of browsers as mentioned here.Here is the list:
       

      • IE 6 and 7 on Windows XP and Vista
      • Firefox 1.5 and 2.x on Solaris, Linux, Windows XP/Vista
      • Safari 2.x and Firefox 1.5 on Mac OS X
    • Can jMaki CSS layouts be used instead of Rails layouts ?

      This functionality is not available in jMaki 1.0. However you can create a Stylized RHTML using jMaki CSS layouts.

Next stop, GlassFish Day @ Beijing.

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4 Comments »

  1. I recently finished an example of sending PDFs using MTOM, which may help one of the questioners in your Metro seminar:
    http://www.jroller.com/gmazza/entry/national_weather_service_forecasting_web

    Comment by Glen — November 9, 2007 @ 9:42 pm

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