• independent project hierarchies;


• the ability to clean project hierarchies;


• and the ability to fully restore projects form configuration management systems.

• a light bulb with quick fix suggestions, next to source errors;


• smart space key, for abbreviation expansions;


• automatic construct closing insertion;


• smart tab for logical indenting;


• smart formatting;


• smart comment wrapping;


• special color coding for annotation comments;


• standard parenthesis highlighting;


• and code assist for recently chosen completions.

• enhanced open declaration or body action;


• and next or previous subprogram entry navigation.

• create new Ada source folder or subfolder;


• create new Ada source file with specific headers;


• and create new Ada project with advanced project settings.

• automatic file save before building;


• automatic console display for the builder;


• scenario settings are now persistent across sessions;


• new builder fast action key settings;


• tool chain selection from within the IDE;


• and linker messages are now integrated within the problem view window.

Today, the most popular tool for organizing service activities into business processes is Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WS-BPEL), a language defining an execution format for business processes operating on Web Services. While it is not a trivial task to define a business process definition with WS-BPEL from scratch, using a graphical WS-BPEL tool can significantly simplify this process.

Examples and practice are much more valuable than theory when it comes to building applications using specific development tools. Unlike many other books on SOA in the market, this book is not focused on architecture. Instead, through numerous examples, it discusses practical aspects of SOA and WS-BPEL development, showing you how to apply architecture in practice with the help of PHP, ActiveBPEL open-source engine, and ActiveBPEL Designer – powerful development tools available for free.

With the help of many examples, the book explains how to build Web Services with PHP, combine them into SOAs with WS-BPEL, and then deploy composite WS-BPEL-based solutions to the ActiveBPEL engine. The examples in this book are presented in a way that anyone can understand and apply.

This book is suitable for anyone who wants to start building SOA applications using powerful tools available free of charge. It will also be useful for PHP developers willing to move towards Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Readers need only a basic knowledge of SOA, BPEL, and Web Services; even a total beginner will be able to follow the examples, provided the required software components are installed on his or her computer. More experienced readers might use this book as a reference, focusing only on the chapters of interest. For more information please visit SOA and WS-BPEL

Please sign up here to be notified via email when BEA Workshop Studio 10.1 + Adobe Flex Builder 2 is generally available. Under the agreement, Workshop Studio with Adobe Flex Builder 2 is scheduled to be available as a bundled product by the end of the year. 

BEA Workshop™ Studio 10.1 with Adobe® Flex™ 2 brings together world-class development for Rich Internet Applications, BEA WebLogic® Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) enablement, as well as browser and server portable Java™ applications. These applications can be fully integrated with other BEA products, such as those from the company’s WebLogic® and AquaLogic® product families, to help businesses realize the benefits of Web 2.0 and SOA at the enterprise level.  The core components of this Eclipse based development environment are defined by the following functional areas:

- Server plug-ins for BEA and non-BEA server targets

- Flex Builder 2

- Flex Builder 2 SDK

- Flex Charting 2

- Visual Web Service IDE for SOA enablement (on WebLogic)

- Web and presentation tier tools

- Object – Relational Mapping Workbench and database tools

- Apache Beehive IDE (on WebLogic)

- AppXRay support for the above components

- Spring IDE Project and Spring code generation wizards

- Enhancements to core Eclipse / Web Tools Platform IDE features

- Test Client (on WebLogic)

The individual products are currently shipping and are available from BEA’s download site and Adobe’s website.

Check out what the press release on bea.com for more details:

Press Release:

http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=pr01850.htm&FP=/content/news_events/press_releases/2007

Useme is a collaborative tool that automates the capture and the subsequent maintenance of user requirements for new software functionality. The tool facilitates the utilisation of industry standards and best practices in requirements capture. Useme is based upon a number of industry standard technologies, the most relevant of which are the Eclipse Tools Platform and the Glassfish Java J5EE application server.

The software has been in production for in house use at Etish Limited for a few years and we expect to make its first public release as an open source project this September.

The Useme Project website is located at java.net, where preliminary information about Useme can already be found in the form of a number of documents. The documentation will be enriched progressively as we near release date.

Any questions or communication regarding either Useme or the open source project should be emailed to useme@etish.org.

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Best regards,Joel

• Platform support:
  • Microsoft Vista support
  • Eclipse 3.2.2 compatible
  • Upgraded MyEclipse-WebTools, an enhanced and professionally supported version of Eclipse WTP 1.5.3 with many MyEclipse improvements and bug fixes
• SNAPs Non-Eclipse Integration and Improvements
• Java EE 5 Projects
  • Create Java EE 5 Web, EJB and Enterprise (EAR) projects with integrated library support
  • EJB Projects include integrated JPA and DB Explorer support
  • Much more
• EJB3 - Enterprise Java Beans
  • Create Stateless, Stateful, Entity and Message enterprise beans
  • Wizards for creating all
  • Code-assist and validation of Java annotations
  • Reverse-engineer Entity and Stateless session bean facades from MyEclipse Database Explorer
• MyEclipse Java Persistence Tools (including JPA, Toplink, Hibernate)
  • Add JPA Capabilities to any Java project
  • Integrates with MyEclipse Database Explorer for database connections and metadata access
  • JPA entity annotation validation
  • JPA properties editors and Java Persistence perspective
  • Much more
• Visual JSF Page Designer
  • All new JSF Visual Page Designer for WYSIWYG editing of advanced JSF components
  • Supports Drag-and-Drop style editing of all standard JSF components
  • Preview mode of JSF design page
  • JSF and faces.config creation wizards
  • Much more
• MyEclipse Derby Database
  • Integrated Derby database server with preconfigured JDBC driver
  • Sample schema is immediately accessible by all DB and JPA tools
• Matisse4MyEclipse Swing Visual Designer upgrades, availability as a standalone plugin
• Facelets support
• XHTML support
• MyEclipse UML improvements
• Improved internationalization
• New Application Server Connectors (Glassfish V2, Geronimo 2, Oracle 10, Weblogic 10)
• All-in-One Installer reduced download volume by 50%
• Much more!

Training is often a barrier to Subversion adoption. SubTrain is a set of "open source" materials for Subversion training. It included PPT slides, examples, exercises, take-away "cheat sheets" for trainees and more. You are free to reuse and modify the materials, and you can contribute new slides, exercises, examples, etc. to the project. Information at: http://www.polarion.com/subtrain Download from the Polarion Community website at http://www.polarion.org/index.php?page=overview&project=subtrain