Many web applications are configured via web.xml. Primary examples of this are Comet web application, which are configured via a ServletContextAttributeListener: you may want different listener classes depending on the enviroment you’re working in. Another example is where Spring configuration files are provided via the contextConfigLocation context parameter. Here I Read more
The jetty @ eclipse project is now in incubation at the eclipse foundation as part of the EclipseRT runtime project. On Tuesday 24th March, the Jetty-7 code base was converted to org.eclipse.jetty package space and checked into the eclipse jetty svn repository!!! What is changing? It is only the core Read more
GWT 1.6 RC is out and a new feature shines: the new HostedMode is based on Jetty. From the release notes: “Although the legacy GWTShell still uses an embedded Tomcat server, the new HostedMode runs Jetty instead. There is also a new “Restart Server” button on the main hosted mode Read more
March 24-26, Webtide has a booth at EclipseCon in Santa Clara, and is running Birds of a Feather sessions. Have Jetty/servlet, Cometd questions, or just want to actually meet in person? Come on down!
With the release of the latest cometd-jetty in Jetty 6.1.15, the oft requested feature of reliable message delivery is now supported by the Acknowledged Message Extension in the jetty server and in the dojo and jquery clients. The initial concept of cometd was to provide "web quality" communications between the Read more
As avid users of jetty are bound to have caught wind of, jetty7 is in the process of migrating to the Eclipse Foundation as a component of the Eclipse Runtime. We even already have our own happy little news group which we need to get into the habit of checking Read more
The results are in for the Febuary 2009 Netcraft Survey and the news is great for Jetty! In January the sites reported using Jetty was at 258k and this month it is at over 289k! That is an increase of over 31k sites in just a month. Sure results vary Read more
We have always known Jetty is used far and wide. This is the first instance I know of where a governmental watchdog has shut down a project using Jetty on competitive grounds. Not Jetty’s fault, of course, just an industry concentration consideration. As kindly noted, Jetty was the basis of Read more
Interesting development – Fujitsu announced recently that they will be offering a service to deploy Android onto all different types of hardware. This potentially opens up interesting opportunities for smart software on a whole range of devices, not just mobile handsets. As Jetty is already running on Android, we could Read more
Mingfai Ma has created a grails cometd plugin that combines grails 1.1, jetty-6.1 and cometd 6.1.12 to provide spring based grails application environment. Because of the great integration between groovy and java, the java server side Bayeux API may be used to subscribe to channels and have messages delivered to Read more