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 4.1.6 released

Spring Security Kerberos 1.0.0.RC1 Released

Misc

Java SE 7U75 / 7U76 Now Available

Java SE 8u31 Now Available  

Java SE 8u40 Now Available

Oracle Java SE Embedded 8u33

metrics-clojure 2.5.0 is released

Discussion

Testing with Selenium WebDriver and Geb.

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• St. Louis, MO
  • Apr 10 – 11
• Reston, VA
  • April 17 – 19, 2015
• Columbus, OH
  • May 1 – 3, 2015
• Dallas, TX
  • May 29 – 31, 2015
• Salt Lake City
  • June 5 – 6, 2015
• Gradle Summit
  • June 11 – 12, 2015
• Philadelphia Emerging Tech – Philadelphia, PA
  • April 7-8, 2015
• Clojure West – Portland OR, USA
  • April 20-22, 2015  
• Devoxx UK – London, UK
  • Jun 17-19th
• Devoxx Poland – Krakow, Poland
  • Jun 22-24, 2015

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-coming-but-nowhere-close-to-100000-2015-1  

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• Boston, MA
• • Feb 27 – Mar 1
• Minneapolis, MN
• • Mar 6 – 8
• Madison, WI
• • Mar 13 – 14
• San Diego, CA
• • Mar 20 – 21
• St. Louis, MO
• • Apr 10 – 11
• DevNexus – Atlanta, GA, USA
• • Mar 10-12th, 2015  
• Philadelphia Emerging Tech – Philadelphia, PA
• • April 7-8, 2015
• Clojure West – Portland OR, USA
• • April 20-22, 2015  
• Devoxx UK – London, UK
• • Jun 17-19th
• Devoxx Poland – Krakow, Poland
• • Jun 22-24, 2015

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 8 launched JSRs?

Events

• Java EE “Hanginar”  with Arun Gupta on Java EE/DDD – January 27th
• ConFoo – Montreal, Canada – February 16-20

No Fluff Just Stuff

• Boston, MA
• • Feb 27 – Mar 1
• Minneapolis, MN
• • Mar 6 – 8
• Madison, WI
• • Mar 13 – 14
• San Diego, CA
• • Mar 20 – 21
• St. Louis, MO
• • Apr 10 – 11
• Jfokus – Stockholm, Sweden
• • Feb 2-4th, 2015
• DevNexus – Atlanta, GA, USA
• • Mar 10-12th, 2015 (call for papers is open)

Additional Notes:

JSON Web Token

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

Apache Lucene 4.10.2 released

Node.js forked

Discussion

Is Middleware done for in favor of Microservices?

Why You Should Avoid JSF

• Ian’s slides on integration JSF with front-end frameworks

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• Jfokus – Stockholm, Sweden
• • Feb 2-4th, 2015
• DevNexus – Atlanta, GA, USA (call for papers is open; Kito and Daniel will both be speaking)
• • Mar 10-12th, 2015

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 Tier

MySQL REST API introduced

Slick 2.0 GA released

Testing

Arquillian ShrinkWrap 2.2.0-beta-1 released

Arquillian AngularJS 1.2.0-beta-1 Graphene Plugin released

Misc

JavaOne Update: Java 8 Embedded

JDK 8 for Mobile iOS and Android Devices

JavaOne Update: Internet of Things

Universal Development Kit for Creating and Deploying Smart Home/Building Applications

Gateway One

Discussion

JavaOne highlights: Portlet EG meeting, Servlet EG meeting, Java Hub, Java Community Keynote, Duke’s Cafe

Events

• Devoxx – Antwerp, Belgium – November 10th-14th, 2014
• Jfokus – Stockholm, Sweden- Feb 2-4th, 2015
• DevNexus – Atlanta, GA, USA – Mar 10-12th, 2015 (call for papers is open)

No Fluff Just Stuff

• Seattle, WA
• • Oct 17 – 19
• Reston, VA
• • Nov 7 – 9
• Chicago, IL
• • Nov 14 – 16
• Denver, CO
• • Nov 21 – 23
• RWX / CDX
• • Dec 2 – 5

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 released

Misc  

Jena 2.12.0 released

Spring XD 1.0 GA Released

Spring Boot 1.1.5 released

Errai 3.1.0.CR1, 3.0.2.Final and 2.4.5.Final released!

Events

• JavaZone – Oslo, Norway – September 9th-11th
• JavaOne – San Francisco, CA September 28 – October 2, 2014
• Devoxx – Antwerp, Belgium – November 10th-14th

No Fluff Just Stuff

• Atlanta, GA
• • Sep 12 – 14
• Boston, MA
• • Sep 19 – 21
• Minneapolis, MN
• • Oct 3 – 4

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 Core v2.2.3 Released

PrimeFaces 5 Released

PrimeFaces Elite 4.0.13 Released

PrimeFaces Extensions 2.0 Released

RichFaces 4.3.6.Final Released

ICEfaces 4.0 Beta Released!

Apache

Apache Lucene 4.8.0 released

Apache Solr 4.8.0 released

Apache Portable Runtime 1.5.1 released  

Apache Archiva 1.3.8 released

Apache jClouds 1.7.2 released

Apache Commons Lang 3.3.2 released

Apache CouchDB 1.5.1 released

Apache Syncope 1.0.9 and 1.1.7 released

Apache Tomcat 7.0.53 released

Apache Struts Zero Day Vulnerability

IBM

Announcing IBM Codename: BlueMix for Eclipse Beta

WebSphere Application Server Migration Toolkit – Liberty Tech Preview

Announcing: April betas for Liberty profile and WebSphere Developer Tools

Scala

Scala 2.11 Has Arrived!

Typesafe announces Akka Streams, a part of the Reactive Streams Initiative

Activator 1.1 Integrates App Inspection and a New UI

Other

Guava 17 Released

jQuery 1.11.1 and 2.1.1 Released

Git 1.9.2 Released  

IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.2 Update is Available

Updated: Eclipse Foundation Announces Java 8 Support

Java ME 8 Arrives

News

Mojarra site gets a facelift

Events

• JAX 2014 May 12 – 16
• EclipseCon France June 18 – 19

No Fluff Just Stuff

• Salt Lake City, UT
• • May 30 – 31
• Columbus, OH
• • Jun 6 – 8
• Gradle Summit
• • Jun 12 – 13
• ÜberConf (USA)
• • Jun 24 – 27
• ÜberConf (Germany)
• • Jul 7 – 10
• 33rd Degree – Krakow, Poland
• • June 9-11th
• Scala Days Kosmos, Berlin
• • June 16th-18th

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 released  
• Apache Lucene 4.6.1 released
• HttpComponents HttpClient 4.3.2 Released  
• Apache Tomcat 7.0.50 released  

RedHat / JBoss

• WildFly 8.0.0.Final released
• JBoss JBPM Suite 6 released

Oracle

• Java 8 Launch

Scala

• Akka 2.3.0 Major Release  

Other

• AppFuse 3.0 – Java 7, Spring 4, PrimeFaces, Mockito, Bootstrap 3, Wicket
• Netty 4.0.17.Final released

News

• Java EE Survey Results
• RebelLabs’ Report: Java Builds Part 2

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• Madison, WI
• • Mar 14 – 15
• New York, NY
• • Apr 4 – 5
• St. Louis, MO
• • Apr 11 – 12
• Reston, VA
• • Apr 25 – 27
• Dallas, TX
• • May 2 – 4
• Uberconf in Denver 2014
• Great Indian Developer Summit (Bangalore)
• • April 22-25
• Emerging Tech for the Enterprise
• • April 22-23, 2014
• ScalaDays Kosmos, Berlin
• • June 16th-18th
• OSCON, Portland, OR
• • July 20–24, 2014

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 / JBoss

Portlet Bridge 3.3.1.Final released

ModeShape 3.7.1.Final is available

Red Hat and the CentOS Project Join Forces

Oracle

Java SE Development Kit 7, Update 51 (Includes Jar timestamp warning)

James Gosling Oracle Report Card

Other

Introducing BridgeIt!

Java EE 8 Survey (Part 1) (Part 2)

Jenkins 1.547 Released

News

GlassFish commercial supported versions – January updates

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• Boston, MA
• • Feb 28 – Mar 2
• Minneapolis, MN
• • Mar 7 – 9
• Madison, WI
• • Mar 14 – 15
• Great Indian Developer Summit (Bangalore)
• • April 22-25
• Emerging Tech for the Enterprise
• • April 22-23, 2014
• ScalaDays Kosmos, Berlin
• • June 16th-18th
• OSCON, Portland, OR
• • July 20–24, 2014  

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 Portal Extension 1.1.0.Alpha1 Released

Arquillian Warp for JSF Portlet testing

Infinispan Arquillian Container 1.1.0.Alpha1 released

Arquillian Warp 1.0.0.Alpha5 Released

Arquillian Transaction Extension 1.0.0.Final Released

Arquillian REST Extension 1.0.0.Alpha1 Released

Arquillian Graphene 2.0 – Functional Testing with Elegance

Arquillian Droidium 1.0.0.Alpha2 Released

Arquillian TestRunner Spock 1.0.0.Beta2 Released

Arquillian Container WebSphere AS 1.0.0.Alpha2 Released

Arquillian Drone Extension 1.2.0.Final Released

Arquillian Extension QUnit 1.0.0.Alpha2 Released

Portlet Bridge 3.3.0.CR1 released

CDI in Standard Portlets with Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.1 Beta

Milestone 2 of Errai 3.0 and Errai 2.4.2.Final released!

Hibernate OGM 4.0.0.Beta4 is out  

ModeShape 3.6.0.Final is available

Teiid 8.6 Alpha2 Posted

Portlet Bridge 3.3.0.Beta2 released

AeroGear Unified Push Server 0.8.1 released

Forge 1.4.2.Final Released

Hibernate Search: 4.4.0.Final released, with 4.5.0.Alpha1 released too

Hibernate ORM 4.2.7.SP1 Released

Hibernate ORM 4.3.0.Beta5 Release

JBoss Tools 4.1.1 Alpha2  

JBoss Data Virtualization 6 Beta

Infinispan 6.0.0.CR1 is available!

JGroups 3.4.0.Final released

Oracle

Release: JDK8 Early Access

Java 7 Update 40

IBM

New in V8.5.5.Next Alpha of WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Developer Tools

Scala

Scala 2.10.3 Released

ScalaIDE 4.0 Released

Akka 2.2.3 Released

sbt 0.13 Released

Other

AngularFaces

News

Oracle abandons commercial support for Glassfish (Arun Gupta booked it to RedHat) (All)

JCP Executive Committee Election Results

The 2014 Decision Maker’s Guide to Java Web Frameworks (All)

Events No Fluff Just Stuff

• Denver, CO
• • Nov 15 – 17
• RWX / CDX
• • Dec 3 – 6
• Devoxx, Antwerp, Belgium
• • Nov 11-15
• Spring eXchange Nov 14-15
• • London
• jFokus,  Stockholm, Sweden
• • Feb 3-5  
• Great Indian Developer Summit (Bangalore)
• • April 22-25
• ScalaDays Kosmos, Berlin
• • June 16th-18th