I code by the sea.: January 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013

Programming in the Small guest talk @ Memorial University

Computer Science Dept.

On Thursday January 31st, 2013 I'll be providing a guest talk at Memorial University for CS3718 Programming in the Small in room EN1051 from 12:00 to 12:50pm.

I usually use these opportunities to talk to computer science students about open source, building solid development practices, and answer questions about building their careers in the IT sector. If time permits I then dive into discussing my favorite projects, and introducing them to the joys of modular programming.

It's always a lot fun, can't wait to start the discussions.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Instant OSGi Starter - The essential guide to modular development with OSGi

Instant OSGI Starter is now available! Johan and I began working on this project last spring after being approached by Packt to submit an outline for how we see OSGi being introduced to developers. We made it our goal to not only introduce the subject but to write the book such that a java developer could pick it up on a Friday afternoon and come Monday morning be ready to join a team project based in OSGi, with an already established software architecture, and be productive. We hope that you find our approach to be concise, fast paced, and get you developing as quickly as possible.

Reviewing our book's contents you'll

Discover the basic tenets of the OSGi and modular programming
Deploy and manage your OSGi applications in a runtime container
Gain familiarity with OSGi tooling
Understand the Bundle as the most basic layer of OSGI modularity
Master the OSGi Lifecycle model for modular code
Gain exposure to key OSGi patterns such as Whiteboard and Extender
Find more information and supporting communities for OSGi developers

If you're looking to begin developing with OSGi, then pick up your copy of Instant OSGi Starter today!

Apache Karaf update Jan 20 - 26, 2013

In this Apache Karaf update report you'll find notes on development progress towards Apache Karaf 2.2.11, 2.3.1, and 3.0.0 as up coming releases. All of the information here is collected from following Karaf's issues mailing list, and cross referencing with the community's issue tracker. The summary form is presented here courtesy of Savoir Technologies to help make keeping up with the community's fast pace a little easier.

Monday, January 21, 2013

Apache Karaf update Jan 13 - 19, 2013

Apache Karaf 2.2.11:

New Issues:
N/A

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2108 a feature depend itself will cause stackoverflow error
Karaf-2120 revert changes of KARAF-1305 for 2.2.x
Karaf-2134 Features deployer does not support mvn urls

Updated Issues:
N/A

Apache Karaf 2.3.1:

New Issues:
Karaf-2114 Update org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg file in child instance to include the system folder
Karaf-2115 Sync weaving behavior between root and child instances

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2105 Karaf features for Spring should all be same name and use version ranges
Karaf-2108 a feature depend itself will cause stackoverflow error
Karaf-2117 LDAP login module is broken
Karaf-2119 upgrade pax.base to 1.4.0
Karaf-2129 more svn:ignores setttings
Karaf-1884 Upgrade exam to Pax Exam 2.6.0
Karaf-2134 Features deployer does not support mvn urls

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1385 Be able to disable the default PropertiesLoginModule
Karaf-2082 Jasypt unit tests fail

Apache Karaf 3.0.0:

New Issues:
Karaf-2114 Update org.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.cfg file in child instance to include the system folder

Karaf-2115 Sync weaving behavior between root and child instances

Resolved Issues:
Karaf-2117 LDAP login module is broken
Karaf-2119 upgrade pax.base to 1.4.0
Karaf-1305 Error with Basic HTTP Authentication when using karaf realm
Karaf-2124 Adapt the chapter about extending the console to changes made by KARAF-1001
Karaf-1884 Upgrade exam to Pax Exam 2.6.0
Karaf-2134 Features deployer does not support mvn urls

Updated Issues:
Karaf-1385 Be able to disable the default PropertiesLoginModule
Karaf-2044 Provide the ability to edit text resources from the Karaf shell
Karaf-1563 Support clean-all & clean-cache directly in karaf main jar
Karaf-1287 Check documentation consistent

Un-versioned Issues:

Karaf-2110 karaf-maven-plugin fails to use features with bundles with "wrap" keyword
Karaf-2116 Some webconsole plugins not working on equinox framework
Karaf-2118 Can not login into karaf-webconsole on Karaf 2.3.0
Karaf-2121 Add Support For Displaying Gogo Commands in Karaf Shell Help
Karaf-2122 Jetty.xml is not read when prvoiding own org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg
Karaf-2123 Cannot override maxFormContentSize in jetty.xml
Karaf-2125 "Components" tab not shown in WebConsole
Karaf-2130 Feature deployer does not work with the mvn: protocol handler
Karaf-2131 Command output should be output immediately (not buffered) when using SSH client
Karaf-2132 Karaf client should support public key authentication
Karaf-2133 Generated title contain unresolved placeholder

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Winter travel and the blog update delay.

Day break flying into St John's.

Back home again after a week on site in the states. I was originally supposed to arrive around 1am Sunday but local ground conditions forced a redirect to Deer Lake from St John's. Long story short, I got home some time after 6am. After being in flight or in between for the last 12 hours or so I went immediate off to sleep, to wake up to some much needed snow clearing. So why am I relating all of this to my usually tech oriented blog? Well it's after 10pm local time now and I'm still trying to get sorted for the week to start again in the morning - I'll be posting the usual Apache Karaf weekly update post tomorrow. My apologies for the delay.