Wednesday, May 11, 2011

WebKit Remote Debugging

Interesting, remotely connect the web inspector to a web kit instance:
http://www.webkit.org/blog/1620/webkit-remote-debugging/

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Managing JBoss7: Messaging Provider Settings

This should give you an idea how the HornetQ configuration is going to look like:

Messaging Provider




Queues & Topics


Friday, May 6, 2011

Managing JBoss7: Datasource Configurations

We've begun working on datasource configurations within the web management interface. While it still requires some finishing touches, here's how regular and XA datasource configurations look like:


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Managing JBoss7: Staging Applications

Your colleagues are all stressed out, because the new build of your b2b app needs to be put on a staging server for your external partner to verify the recent API changes. How to get this setup and running without interfering with the existing production system? It's fairly simple. I'll show you ...

Step1: Create a dedicated server group for your staging servers





Step2: Prepare a staging server-configuration


A custom server-group separates our staging environment from the production servers.


... with a specific port offset


You need to remember this, in order to connect to the server instances later on.


Launch a server instance


So we can connect to it.


Deploy your application


In this case a simple web application.


... to the staging server-group


Domain deployments are always associated with server-groups.




Verify it has been deployed successfully





Grab a coffee and relax


Fairly simple, no?

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Managing JBoss 7: UX updates

The current JBoss 7 development stream contains an updated version of the console that will be shipped with Beta3. We've removed the clutter on the left hand side and do now provide a cleaner separation between navigation and functional elements. The LHS is now only used for navigational purposes and the any functional element (i.e. add, delete resources) has been moved to the toolstrips on the right hand side. Along with this change we've turned the stacked navigation sections (used to display only one at a time) into a more tree like structure, that shows all available options at one glance.

In our opinion this make it much easier to find relevant management options within the UI. Let us know what you think. Screenshots attached.



Server Configuration



Data Source Management

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

JBoss 7 Web Console: 1.0.0.Beta3



Beta3 is the version that will be shipped with JBoss 7.0.0.Beta2 end of this week.

1.0.0.Beta3 Release Notes

Functional scope

Most of the work in this release has been done on the framework level, creating re-usable components that are needed to implement the remaining management use cases:
  • Form databinding & validation
  • Integration with the domain controller
  • General UI framework (MVP)
Functionally this release does focus on the outermost domain management use cases, that act as POC for the building blocks listed above.
  • Start/Stop server instances
  • Create server groups and server configurations
  • Configure server groups and configurations
The standalone server Web UI doesn't contain any reasonable functionality at this point.

The work on management use cases that relate to subsystems has not begun yet. There are merely two examples (Datasource and JMS) that act as a preview and should give you an idea where things are going.

Browser compatibility

This release has been tested on Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Internet Explorer has not been verified yet, but we don't expect it to work properly in releases before IE8.

Feedback

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Tell us what you think about the current way the content is organized within the UI. Identify the top three things that don't make sense to you or that you couldn't find easily in the console. Send these issues to:In case you run into a bug, don't hesitate and file an issue here: (Don't forget to include your OS/Browser description)

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Firefox 4: App Tab

Now that makes sense: