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Java Marcher: Patrice Goutin's Blog - September 17, 2008

Read part 1 and part 2 in a blog series that discusses how to develop and deploy JSR 168 portlets for the Sun Java Enterprise System portal.
http://blogs.sun.com/patriceg/entry/soa_workshop1

New jMaki Tutorials for JSP and JavaServer Faces - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Jennifer Ball posted two new tutorials on how to use jMaki widgets: Getting Started Using jMaki Widgets as JSP Tag Handlers and Using jMaki Widgets as JavaServer Faces Components. Also see the earlier tutorial Using jMaki Widgets.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jenniferb

Building Web 2.0 Apps with jMaki - (Found September 17, 2008 )

In this blog entry, Carla Mott uses the NetBeans plugin to build a web app that uses the standard layout template, the Dojo fisheye widget for navigation, the Yahoo Geocoder and Google map widgets.
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/carlavmott/archive/2007/01/building_web_20.html

Screencast: jMaki on Rails for Dummies - September 17, 2008

This screencast shows how a jMaki-wrapped Yahoo DataTable widget can be used to pull data from MySQL database using ActiveRecord in a Rails application.
http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/screencast_web2_jmaki_on_rails

Open Possibilities at CommunityOne - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Join us at CommunityOne, a free and open environment of participation, contribution, and innovation. In this one-day technical conference, you can explore groundbreaking open-source and community-based environments, technologies and platforms. Choose from sessions at NetBeans Day or Start-up Camp and in tracks on Web 2.0, the OpenSolaris operating system, OpenJDK Mobile and Embedded, the RedMonk community, and the GlassFish project. Registration is free, but space is limited.
http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/

2007 JavaOne Conference Registration Is LIVE! - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Register today for the JavaOne conference and save $100! The program is new and expanded. Learn More.
http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/index.jsp

Ajaxifying JavaServer Faces Components: A JavaOne Hands-On Lab - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Use dynamic faces Ajax zones to easily enable plain old JSF components to send Ajax requests, dynamically update other components with the Ajax response, and use an Ajax Transaction to continually poll the server. By the end of the exercise, you have created a simple chat room!
http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/ajaxifying_javaserver_faces_components

Download Next-Generation Web JavaOne Hands-On Labs - (Found September 17, 2008 )

From Ajax to Comet to Spring to Phobos, download the JavaOne Hands-On Labs and experience Web 2.0 web applications for yourself.
http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/j1online.jsp?track=8&yr=2007&

If You Build It In Ajax, They Will Come - (Found September 17, 2008 )

Read Ed Ort's review of the irreverent Java Rock Stars, Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, co-founders of the Ajax community site Ajaxian.com. Wildly popular speakers on the techie conference circuit, Galbraith and Almaer demonstrated Ajax techniques and highlighted some of the lessons learned from the first highly successful "Ajax innovators" and examined what's new and cool in the Ajax arena.
http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/rockstar_awards.jsp

Ajax Code Camp: JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Ajax Integration - (Found September 17, 2008 )

JavaServer Faces provides a component-model architecture through which you can build an Ajax application by drag-and-dropping Ajax-enabled JavaServer Faces components in an IDE such as Sun Java Studio Creator.
http://www.javapassion.com/ajaxcodecamp/