Várias pessoas já adquiriram o BlocoDroid Premium. Custa só R$ 2,50, o preço de uma cerveja na rua. Instale o BlocoDroid, veja onde tem bloco no Rio de Janeiro com o melhor aplicativo do gênero, e ajude um amigo a ficar bêbado neste Carnaval... eu!
28 janeiro 2013
BlocoDroid Premium 2013
Viu que lancei a versão 2013 do BlocoDroid? O melhor aplicativo do gênero para acompanhar os Blocos de Rua do Rio de Janeiro?
Várias pessoas já adquiriram o BlocoDroid Premium. Custa só R$ 2,50, o preço de uma cerveja na rua. Instale o BlocoDroid, veja onde tem bloco no Rio de Janeiro com o melhor aplicativo do gênero, e ajude um amigo a ficar bêbado neste Carnaval... eu!
Várias pessoas já adquiriram o BlocoDroid Premium. Custa só R$ 2,50, o preço de uma cerveja na rua. Instale o BlocoDroid, veja onde tem bloco no Rio de Janeiro com o melhor aplicativo do gênero, e ajude um amigo a ficar bêbado neste Carnaval... eu!
BlocoDroid 2013: Carnaval e Blocos de Rua
Atualizei o BlocoDroid para a programação oficial do Carnaval de Rua 2013 da Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. O que vocês acham? Tem forma melhor para acompanhar os Blocos de Rua? :-)
Agora as funções mais legais são do pacote Premium. A idéia é desenvolver para 2014 um serviço completo, para mais cidades.
Algumas screenshots
|
|
PS: tem pra iPhone também :-)
07 janeiro 2013
Reasons to why I'm reconsidering JSF
In December 2010, I wrote a blog post entitled "Top 10 reasons why I don't like JSF", and I would guess that 50% agreed with me, the other 50% did not. No surprise, it's like religion.
I always liked to research products, projects, frameworks and Java technologies in general, but specially in the Web Development area. In 2001, I started coding JSP and Servlets, just a few months after I learned how to program in Java and do OOP . Did my first web application connecting to an Oracle DB with pure JDBC. Learned from the basics, on my own and succeeded.
Later I got a new job, thanks to my experience in Web Development, but my employer was using Apache Struts. I knew about that upfront so I studied it before my interview. Got hired. Struts back then, wasn't that hard for someone already with knowledge about HTTP request/response architecture and the Servlet specification. Then came JSF 1.0. I didn't like it. Complex. Way too much. Struts was much simplier. JSF 1.1? Same thing. Small improvements only.
So I moved to something different. In 2007, I heard about Apache Wicket. Then I became an independent evangelist. I gave several talks in Brazil, for years, spreading my word about Wicket, at every conference my talk was approved. I even created a community, Wicket em Português, for Portuguese speakers. I also offered an online training for it. I was offered a job proposal just because I knew Wicket, in Rio de Janeiro in 2010.
Now, the reason I told you all this is to show you that I'm used to choose what works best for me, at a certain time. I do change my opinion over things. It's something like, readaptation. We all should readapt. Every time. Just to demonstrate: I was born in an island, Florianópolis, then I moved to São Paulo, later I moved to Rio de Janeiro. Now I'm back to São Paulo. My accent changed, thanks both because I like to talk like others to make jokes, but also to feel like a local. By the way, I'm a CouchSurfer. I enjoy traveling and being with, and like, locals.
Now let's get to the real thing: Java Server Faces 2.2. The version that is leading me to readaption.
Before start, I should point that I now work at Oracle and I advocate in favor of Java EE. I'm friend of Arun Gupta, Reza Rahman, Ed Burns and several other folks who are Java EE advocates, also some who are not Oracle employees.
When I wrote about the things I didn't like in JSF, some were technical, others were related to its ecosystem and the market. Things that change, that evolve. And they did.
1. Pure HTML
I talked to Ed Burns several times about the way we design pages in JSF, with tag libraries. At the first opportunity, years before joining Oracle, I told him: "Hey, why don't you make it look like Wicket?". Facelets came at some point between that day and later. Now, in JSF 2.2 it's possible to define a page using pure HTML, letting the browser do the preview without much hassle. Something I enjoy a lot in Wicket and other frameworks. Something I talked a lot at my presentations. So here it is, the community (represented by myself and many others), influencing change in an specification.
2. Implementations
I think that relying on whatever is running on your application server (Mojarra or MyFaces) is better. If you are considering JSF, you should choose a Java EE certificated app server and just use whatever comes within. Life will be much easier this way.
3. Creating custom components
In JSF 1.x, creating a custom component was more difficult than creating YAJWF. Now is a one-file-in-a-directory only. It's very easy to compose a custom, reusable component. This post will give you an idea.
4. Documentation
I used to complain about JSF documentation (fragmentation). Apparently, documentation got a lot better. The Java EE 6 homepage at Oracle offers hundreds of pages of documentation. Of course you can always look somewhere else for docs, but I would go to these first, as these are the "official" docs, much like when you go to SpringSource for Spring MVC documentation.
5. Tooling Support
I've been playing with NetBeans for quite a while and it is a good IDE for Web development. But if you are really into HTML5, then you will like JSF inside NetBeans. The IDE now provides a feature, from Project Easel, that integrates with your browser and provides debugging and many other features. Good for someone doing HTML5 development with JSF 2.2 and JAX-RS. By the way, there is some work going on, according to Ed Burns, on integrating JSF 2.2 and JAX-RS 2.0. So let's keep an eye on that.
6. Other new features
Some otther new features are about to come as well. Here are some tickets in JIRA that are being prioritized, like:
99. Java EE advocate
I always was an advocate of the platform though never of all of its specs. And one of the reasons I took the job at Oracle as Product Manager, was because I have been working with Java EE since... ever. Not with JSF specifically I confess, not always, but I was already considering it since it turned 2.0. And facing the challenges of teaching developers to do non-Java EE development the right way, I had been thinking of adopting it fully, simply because it's easier to find skilled developers of the platform. This is a great deal for employers when their time-to-market is important.
Still... some gaps
If there's something that I still think that happens, is the compatibility between implementations. The TCK does not cover everything, because of gaps in the spec. So it's not guaranteed to say that a project running with PrimeFaces or RichFaces on top of Mojarra will run just fine if you move it to an application server running MyFaces. But this is something that can be fixed, and I'm sure it's being addressed by all parties (JSF EG, myfaces-devs and mojarra-devs).
Also, it would be nice to see more things like server-side UI programming, as it happens with Apache Wicket. Maybe even having support for different languages? It would be nice to have the server-side UI logic in Javascript, for example. :-)
Java EE 7 and the future
Non standard frameworks are good for innovation. Some may not agree, but JCP and standards are not that slow anymore. Of course they still are if you compare to stuff like Node.js, Wicket, Liftweb, Play!, Rails and other great alternatives for web development. But look at JSF 2.2 and Java EE 7. We are about to see the new version of Java EE about the same time as HTML5 comes to a final version. In old days, it could be like having Java EE supporting HTML5 in... what? 2018? Not anymore.
Also, if you want to use JSF with CDI, you should really consider an application server with at least Java EE Web Profile, like Apache TomEE. Oracle GlassFish and JBoss are another option if you are looking for open source solutions. The reason to choose a compliant Java EE app server is that they already offer (and test) these kinds of integrations (e.g. JSF with CDI).
So yes, I look forward to Java EE Platform 7.0, not only as an advocate, but specially as a developer. I'm seeing its value, its improvements, and its readaption to the market.
Openness to Change
Let's not forget, the Adopt-a-JSR program offers the community, a great opportunity to participate, speed up, and improve even more the platform and all of its specifications. So here's your chance to ... why not, fill the gaps? :-)
Cheers!
I always liked to research products, projects, frameworks and Java technologies in general, but specially in the Web Development area. In 2001, I started coding JSP and Servlets, just a few months after I learned how to program in Java and do OOP . Did my first web application connecting to an Oracle DB with pure JDBC. Learned from the basics, on my own and succeeded.
Later I got a new job, thanks to my experience in Web Development, but my employer was using Apache Struts. I knew about that upfront so I studied it before my interview. Got hired. Struts back then, wasn't that hard for someone already with knowledge about HTTP request/response architecture and the Servlet specification. Then came JSF 1.0. I didn't like it. Complex. Way too much. Struts was much simplier. JSF 1.1? Same thing. Small improvements only.
So I moved to something different. In 2007, I heard about Apache Wicket. Then I became an independent evangelist. I gave several talks in Brazil, for years, spreading my word about Wicket, at every conference my talk was approved. I even created a community, Wicket em Português, for Portuguese speakers. I also offered an online training for it. I was offered a job proposal just because I knew Wicket, in Rio de Janeiro in 2010.
Now, the reason I told you all this is to show you that I'm used to choose what works best for me, at a certain time. I do change my opinion over things. It's something like, readaptation. We all should readapt. Every time. Just to demonstrate: I was born in an island, Florianópolis, then I moved to São Paulo, later I moved to Rio de Janeiro. Now I'm back to São Paulo. My accent changed, thanks both because I like to talk like others to make jokes, but also to feel like a local. By the way, I'm a CouchSurfer. I enjoy traveling and being with, and like, locals.
Now let's get to the real thing: Java Server Faces 2.2. The version that is leading me to readaption.
Before start, I should point that I now work at Oracle and I advocate in favor of Java EE. I'm friend of Arun Gupta, Reza Rahman, Ed Burns and several other folks who are Java EE advocates, also some who are not Oracle employees.
When I wrote about the things I didn't like in JSF, some were technical, others were related to its ecosystem and the market. Things that change, that evolve. And they did.
1. Pure HTML
I talked to Ed Burns several times about the way we design pages in JSF, with tag libraries. At the first opportunity, years before joining Oracle, I told him: "Hey, why don't you make it look like Wicket?". Facelets came at some point between that day and later. Now, in JSF 2.2 it's possible to define a page using pure HTML, letting the browser do the preview without much hassle. Something I enjoy a lot in Wicket and other frameworks. Something I talked a lot at my presentations. So here it is, the community (represented by myself and many others), influencing change in an specification.
2. Implementations
I think that relying on whatever is running on your application server (Mojarra or MyFaces) is better. If you are considering JSF, you should choose a Java EE certificated app server and just use whatever comes within. Life will be much easier this way.
3. Creating custom components
In JSF 1.x, creating a custom component was more difficult than creating YAJWF. Now is a one-file-in-a-directory only. It's very easy to compose a custom, reusable component. This post will give you an idea.
4. Documentation
I used to complain about JSF documentation (fragmentation). Apparently, documentation got a lot better. The Java EE 6 homepage at Oracle offers hundreds of pages of documentation. Of course you can always look somewhere else for docs, but I would go to these first, as these are the "official" docs, much like when you go to SpringSource for Spring MVC documentation.
5. Tooling Support
I've been playing with NetBeans for quite a while and it is a good IDE for Web development. But if you are really into HTML5, then you will like JSF inside NetBeans. The IDE now provides a feature, from Project Easel, that integrates with your browser and provides debugging and many other features. Good for someone doing HTML5 development with JSF 2.2 and JAX-RS. By the way, there is some work going on, according to Ed Burns, on integrating JSF 2.2 and JAX-RS 2.0. So let's keep an eye on that.
6. Other new features
Some otther new features are about to come as well. Here are some tickets in JIRA that are being prioritized, like:
- Loading Facelets through ResourceLoader
- Ajax File Upload component
- Cross Site Request Forgery Protection
- Faces flows
99. Java EE advocate
I always was an advocate of the platform though never of all of its specs. And one of the reasons I took the job at Oracle as Product Manager, was because I have been working with Java EE since... ever. Not with JSF specifically I confess, not always, but I was already considering it since it turned 2.0. And facing the challenges of teaching developers to do non-Java EE development the right way, I had been thinking of adopting it fully, simply because it's easier to find skilled developers of the platform. This is a great deal for employers when their time-to-market is important.
Still... some gaps
If there's something that I still think that happens, is the compatibility between implementations. The TCK does not cover everything, because of gaps in the spec. So it's not guaranteed to say that a project running with PrimeFaces or RichFaces on top of Mojarra will run just fine if you move it to an application server running MyFaces. But this is something that can be fixed, and I'm sure it's being addressed by all parties (JSF EG, myfaces-devs and mojarra-devs).
Also, it would be nice to see more things like server-side UI programming, as it happens with Apache Wicket. Maybe even having support for different languages? It would be nice to have the server-side UI logic in Javascript, for example. :-)
Java EE 7 and the future
Non standard frameworks are good for innovation. Some may not agree, but JCP and standards are not that slow anymore. Of course they still are if you compare to stuff like Node.js, Wicket, Liftweb, Play!, Rails and other great alternatives for web development. But look at JSF 2.2 and Java EE 7. We are about to see the new version of Java EE about the same time as HTML5 comes to a final version. In old days, it could be like having Java EE supporting HTML5 in... what? 2018? Not anymore.
Also, if you want to use JSF with CDI, you should really consider an application server with at least Java EE Web Profile, like Apache TomEE. Oracle GlassFish and JBoss are another option if you are looking for open source solutions. The reason to choose a compliant Java EE app server is that they already offer (and test) these kinds of integrations (e.g. JSF with CDI).
So yes, I look forward to Java EE Platform 7.0, not only as an advocate, but specially as a developer. I'm seeing its value, its improvements, and its readaption to the market.
Openness to Change
Let's not forget, the Adopt-a-JSR program offers the community, a great opportunity to participate, speed up, and improve even more the platform and all of its specifications. So here's your chance to ... why not, fill the gaps? :-)
Cheers!
04 janeiro 2013
WebFX: Running JavaFX as web page
This weekend I wanted to learn JavaFX, so I decided to code an idea I had a few years ago when I first saw JavaFX Script. So I started coding a web browser that runs HTML with the awesome, HTML5 supported WebView. But this browser also offers one extra feature: it loads FXML files as if they were HTML. So instead of defining your web page with HTML and running with WebKit, you can define a web page with FXML+CSS+JS and run as a JavaFX application.
The project is called WebFX and already has a prototype on GitHub. I also uploaded a video on YouTubedemonstrating the idea.
The project is called WebFX and already has a prototype on GitHub. I also uploaded a video on YouTubedemonstrating the idea.
What do you think about using JavaFX in the future for web pages, instead of HTML?
https://blogs.oracle.com/brunoborges/entry/webfx_running_javafx_as_web
7 reasons you had to be at JavaOne Latin America 2012
Yesterday was 12/12/12, and everybody went crazy on Twitter with cool memes like this one. And maybe you are now wondering why I mentioned 7 (seven) on the blog title. Because I want to play numbers? Yes! Today is 7 days after JavaOne Latin America 2012 is over (... and I had to figure out an excuse for taking so long to blog about it...).
So unless you were at JavaOne Latin America this year, here are 7 things you missed:
- OTN Lounge mini-theatre
There was a mini-theatre holding several lightning talks. We had people from SouJava JUG, GoJava JUG, Globalcode, and several other Java gurus and companies running demos, talks, and even more. For example, @drspockbr talked about the ScrumToys project, that demonstrates the power of JSF.
- Hands On Lab for JAX-RS and WebSockets
One of the cool things to do during JavaOne is to come to these Hands On labs and really do something using new technologies with the help of experts. This one in particular, was covered by me, Arun Gupta, and Reza Rahman. The HOL had more people than laptops (and we had 48 laptops!) interested on understanding and learning about the new stuff that is coming within Java EE 7. Things like JAX-RS, Server-sent Events and WebSockets. Hey, if you want to try this HOL by yourself, it is available on Github, so go for it! If you have questions, just let me know!
- Java Community KeynoteThis keynote presented a lot of cool things like startups using Java in their projects, the Duke Awards, SouJava winning the JCP Outstanding Award, the Java Band, and even more! It was really a space where the Java community could present what they are doing and what they want to do. There's a lot of interest on the Adopt-a-JSR program and the Adopt-OpenJDK. There's also an Adopt-a-JavaEE-JSRprogram! Take a look if you want to participate and Make the Future Java.
- Java EE (JMS, JAX-RS) sessions from Reza Rahman, the HeavyMetal guy
Reza is a well know professional and Java EE enthusiast from the communitty who just joined Oracle this year. His sessions were very well attended, perhaps because of a high interest on the new things coming to Java EE 7 like JMS 2.0 and JAX-RS 2.0. If you want to look at what he did at this JavaOne edition, read his blog post. By the way, if you like Java and heavymetal, you should follow him on Twitter as well! :-) - Java EE (WebSockets, HTML5) sessions from Arun Gupta, the GlassFish guy
If you don't know Arun Gupta, no worries. You will have time to know about him while you read his Java EE 6 Pocket Guide. Arun has been evangelizing Java EE for a long time, and is now spreading his word about the new upcoming version Java EE 7. He gave one talk about HTML5 Productivity on the Java EE 7 platform, and another one on building web apps with WebSockets. Pretty neat! Arun blogged about JavaOne Latin America as well. Read it here. - Java Embedded and JavaFX
If there are two things that are really trending in the Java World right now besides Java EE 7, certainly they are JavaFX and Java Embedded. There were 14 talks covering Java Embedded, from Java Cards to Raspberry.pi, from Java ME to Java on your TV with Ginga-J. The Internet of Things is becoming true, and Java is the only platform today that can connect it all in an standardized and concise way. JavaFX gained a lot of attention too. There were 8 sessions covering what the platform has to offer in terms of Rich User Experience. The JavaFX Scene Builder is an awesome tool to start playing designing an UI, and coding for JavaFX is like coding Swing with 8 hands, one holding your coffee cup. You can achieve a lot, with your two hands (unless, you really have 8 hands, then you can achieve 4 times more :-). If you want to read more about JavaFX, go to Stephen Chin's blog post.
- GlassFish and Friends Party, 1st edition at JavaOne Lating America
This is probably the thing that I'm most proud. We brought to Brasil the tradition of holding a happy hour for all GlassFish, Java EE friends. This party started almost 7 years ago in San Francisco, and it was about time to bring it to Brazil! The party happened on Tuesday night, right after JavaOne General Keynote, at the Tribeca Pub. We had about 80 attendees and met a lot of Java EE developers there! People from JUGs, Oracle, Locaweb and Red Hat showed up too, including some execs from Oracle that didn't resist and could not miss a party like this one.
Lots of caipirinhas, beer and food to everyone, some cool music... even The Fish walking around the party with Juggy!
You can see more photos from the party on an album I shared with the recently created GlassFish Brasil community on Google+ here (but you may be more interested in joining the GlassFish english community). There's also more pictures that Arun took and shared on this link.
So now you may want to consider coming to Brazil next year! Java EE 7 is on its way, and Brazil is happily and patiently waiting for it, with a lot of enthusiasm.
https://blogs.oracle.com/brunoborges/entry/7_reasons_you_had_to
Assinar:
Postagens (Atom)