Oracle Development Kit for Spring

To help you better understand the support Oracle offers to Spring developers, everything you need to get started with Spring on Oracle Containers for Java EE is now available in the Oracle Development Kit for Spring. Whether you’re new to Spring or an old hand, you’re sure to benefit from the contents of the Development Kit:

• A comprehensive set of How-To examples illustrating Spring-OC4J integration
• The Oracle Developer Depot Web application, which enables you to deploy and run the How-To projects on OC4J
• A Spring extension to JDeveloper, Oracle’s free Java IDE
• Supporting documentation and white papers

The Kit is available as a self-extracting ZIP archive (download). Note that you will need Oracle Containers for Java EE (10.1.3.2) or higher to use all of the How-To projects provided.

JavaFX Script Plugins for the NetBeans IDE 5.5

Prerequisites

The following software must be installed before you attempt to install the JavaFX Script plugin:

• NetBeans IDE 5.5 (download)
• J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java SE Development Kit), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the Java language.
  • For Solaris, Windows, and Linux, you can download the JDK for your platform from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
  • For Mac OS X, Java SE Development Kit 5.0 Release 4, is required. You can download the JDK from Apple’s Developer Connection site. Start here: http://developer.apple.com/java (you must register to download the JDK).

Note: For information about system requirements for the IDE, see the NetBeans 5.5 IDE Release Notes

Downloading and Installing the Software

This section contains instructions for setting up the NetBeans Update Center Beta and installing the modules on a supported platform.

Setting Up the NetBeans Update Center Beta

You must first set up the NetBeans Update Center Beta in the IDE before you can download and install the JavaFX Script plugin modules. If you already have the update center setup, proceed to the Installing the JavaFX Script Plugin section below.

1. Click Tools > Options from the main menu of the IDE.
2. Click Advanced Options in the lower left corner of the Options dialog.
3. Expand the IDE Configuration > System > Autoupdate Types node.
4. Select the NetBeans Update Center Beta node.
5. In the Properties pane on the right, select the Server URL property and enter (update) as the value.

6. Press Enter and click Close to exit the Advanced Options window.

Installing the JavaFX Script Plugin

Once you have configured the NetBeans Update Center Beta, you can now download and install the JavaFX Script plugin using the steps below.

1. Select Tools > Update Center from the main menu of the IDE.
2. In the Select Location of Modules page, select the NetBeans Update Center Beta check box and unselect all other checkboxes.
3. Click Next and the wizard checks for any available updates for the plugin.
4. In the Select Modules to Install page, select the three JavaFX Features nodes and click Add All. The Include in Install pane is updated with the JavaFX modules, as shown below.
5. Click Next.
6. Click Accept in the License Agreement dialogs. The Download Modules page appears and progress is shown as the modules are downloaded.
7. Click Next after the modules have been successfully downloaded. The View Certificate and Install Modules page is displayed list of certificates are made available for your viewing.
8. Click Finish to proceed with the installation of the JavaFX plugin modules. The IDE proceeds with the installation.
9. From the main menu, click Tools > Module Manager. The JavaFX Editor and JavaFX UserLibrary module nodes are now listed, as shown below. The JavaFXLibrary node can be found under the Libraries node.
10. Click to dismiss the Module manager.
11. Proceed to the Getting Started with the JavaFX Script Language tutorial to create your first JavaFX Script program

JavaFX Script Plugin for the Eclipse SDK

JavaFX 0.0.2

Prerequisites

The following software must be installed before you attempt to install the JavaFX plugin:

• Eclipse SDK version 3.2.2
• J2SE JDK 5.0 (Java SE Development Kit), which consists of the Java Runtime Environment plus developer tools for compiling, debugging, and running applications written in the Java language.

Downloading and Installing the Software

1. Start up your Java – Eclipse SDK.
2. From the main menu, select Help > Software Updates > Find and Install.
3. In the Install/Update dialog, choose Search for New Features to Install and click Next.
4. Click New Remote Site.
5. In the New Update Site dialog, type JavaFX in the Name field.
6. In the URL field, type (url)
7. Click OK.
8. In the Install window, click Finish.
   The Update dialog appears.
9. In the Updates dialog, select JavaFX > JavaFX node > and click Next.
10. Accept the license and click Next.
11. Click Next and Finish
12. In the Verification dialog, select Install All.
13. Restart the SDK.

JavaFX

Alla conferenza JavaOne di San Francisco,Sun Microsystems presenta in anteprima un nuovo linguaggio di scripting basato su Java,denominato JavaFX Script,che semplificherà agli sviluppatori la creazione delle cosidette Rich Internet applications (RIAs). fruibili ed installabili su una molteplicità di dispositivi inclusi quelli mobili.Per quest’ultimi si utilizzerà una versione specifica detta JavaFX Mobile.Tale tecnologia si pone in diretta concorrenza con strumenti ormai diffusi oggi come AJAX, Adobe Apollo e Microsoft Silverlight.