NetBeans and Eclipse both support the GlassFish Server (see other posts at TA: NetBeans and Eclipse). Sun is more invested in NB and the support there has been traditionally better (e.g. see Adam's note) but the Eclipse support is improving too.

Markus reports on two simple ways to Speed-up Deployments into GlassFish from Eclipse. The first involves a workaround using asadmin deploydir to do directory deployment. The other involves selectively turning off Anti-Virus checking. In his case, the combination sped up deployment by 40%.

Here are wwo ways to get into EJB 3.x. For the complete beginner, Adam has a EJB 3.0 in 5 minutes. And for the advanced user, PACKT Books just published Michael Sikora's EJB 3 Developer Guide home page, TOC, Amazon). Both use the GlassFish Server

For a while I thought that EJBs were always going to be - or be perceived as - "too (conceptual) heavy"; maybe EJB 3.1 and EJB3.1 lite will actually change this. More EJB notes at EJB posts at TA

Keith Babo has released a new ten minute screencast on Project Fuji's interceptor feature which intercepts messages as they travel across the NMR (Normalized Message Router) to implement alerts, auditing, validation, security, routing, and many more useful scenarios in a very non-intrusive way.

Kaj Arnö, MySQL ambassador to Sun, has written a digest of his blogging production this year. It's an intriguing reading, because Kaj has been more on the road than at home this year, mostly performing the duties of communicator, explaining to Sun people what really is this MySQL that had just been acquired, and sharing his findings with fellow (ex) MySQL employees.

Kaj's blogging sometimes has the role of breaking the news to the community. For example, he was the one who first wrote about the Sun acquisition of MySQL (published his post at 8:02 EST, barely one minute after Marten's jaw dropping announcement from the podium.)

You may or may not know that Comet, Reverse Ajax, and Ajax Push are all synonyms and define a way to notify clients from a server. Jean-François has written many fine Comet blog entries, but this GlassFish v3 documentation on Comet is a very well written intro to the Comet paradigm and how to use it inside GlassFish v3 based on the Hidden example.

Ryan has written two more notes on his JSF 2.0 Preview series. Collecting them all chronologically for ease of references:

• Part 1 - Packaging / Project Staging
• Part 2.1 - Resources
• Part 2.2 - Resource APIs
• Part 2.3 - Resources and EL
• Part 3 - Publish/Subscribe Event System (just added)
• Part 4 - Resource Re-location (just added)

Adam Bien has turned to be one of the most active advocates for GlassFish. He is very active at his Adam Bien and in presentations everywhere. One of his latest entries explains how to Embed GFv3 for testing purposes. The title summarizes it: "Embedding Glassfish V3 in Unit Test - Two Jars, Three Lines Of Code And Five Seconds Start With Deployment" (link).

The ability to embed GlassFish v3 is going to open many new opportunities for GlassFish. For example, Tom Rose also mentions the ease of use and fast start-up time. If you are embedding GlassFish v3, drop us an email; we are interested.

Sun has announced an "Unlimited" Offer for GlassFish Enterprise and MySQL Enterprise. The GlassFish Unlimited offer (description) comes in Standard (with 5x12 support) and Premium (7x24) variants; the MySQL Unlimited (decription) only comes in Gold color :-).

Notes: (1) companies of any size can apply, prices are tiered; (2) products can be bought separate or together. Also see Mark's podcast and the Cost-of-Ownership numbers from John and Mark.

Brand new tutorial from Frank (Phantom) Jennings: how to use NetBeans 6.5 to develop a Hibernate application with the GlassFish Server and the MySQL Server.

The tutorial uses the Sakila DB sample and the Latest NB 6.5 Build. Check it out at the Hibernate and WebApp Tutorial.