Observing Java Frameworks

[Hm... probably not exactly Java... It's J(2)EE..]

I’ve read a bit about JBoss Seam, Spring MVC, EJB, Hibernate, JSF, Visual JSF, Visual JSF (ICEFaces), and Facelets from the Internet and some books in library. Finding out about what each of them is good at is pretty much troublesome [just like "The Paradox of Choice"].

However, for some reason, I have more satisfaction from having the freedom of knowing what they do than having one framework that simply works out of the box.

Anyway, here are some points that I’ve gathered. [I group frameworks that functionally quite similar.]

Checklist for SaaS: Facebook Using Tomcat 6.0.18

I tried this example using Netbeans 6.5 + Tomcat 6.0.18 [+ Java 1.6.0u11]. That example is quite clear, except that I have to do two more things below.

• Putting http://localhost:8084/MyFriendSaas/FacebookSocialNetworkingServiceAuthenticator in Post-Authorize Callback URL (see Facebook Developer > Edit Settings > Authentication)
• Importing TopLink Essentials to compile-time libraries [as mentioned in this page]

In the Facebook Developer > Edit Settings, I also try to:

• Uncheck Users and Facebook Pages Installable to? (see Authentication section)
• Enable Sandbox Mode (see Advanced section)

After that, the example works fine… for me.

Learning JavaFX 1.0

JavaFX 1.0 has been released on 4th of December 2008. So, it is relatively new. Its latest language specifications and API documentations are available on the Internet. Googling will be enough.

Reading books about JavaFX is a bit of…mistake, because books are not as updated as the Internet. For example, I take a look at a cool book I borrow from a university library. That book mentions some basics of JavaFX as well as examples with explanation for some critical blocks of codes. However, I am very frustrated when finding javafx.ui.* nowhere in JavaFX 1.0 API docs. Hello? That thing is used in that book! How come I can’t find it in the docs?