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Frame2 Gets a Point Release

iamthechad — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:00:48 +0000

Frame2 1.3.1 is now available. The full source package is not updated yet, but it should be in the next day or so. This is a pretty minor release – only two changes, but I think they’re important changes.

Enums are now supported in Events. This relies on the Enum.valueOf() behavior, so the values passed in to the event must be legal values that enum values can be built from. This means that things like case are important.
Input views can now be events. I don’t know why this feature was missing. Frame2 already supported using an event for a cancel view (although the unit test didn’t actually test for that). What does it mean to be able to specify events in addition to forwards for input and cancel views? There may be cases where some data needs to be loaded or verified prior to displaying a JSP page. Sometimes this information can be lost when simply redirecting back to a JSP page. By specifying an event, the developer can be sure that the required data has been loaded before the JSP has been displayed.

The Eclipse plugins and sample web applications have been updated with the latest Frame2 jars. Follow the download links in the sidebar, or go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/frame2 if you don’t see the sidebar.

Build Web Services with the Plugin

iamthechad — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:23:27 +0000

The Eclipse plugin has just been updated, and a new plugin has been added to the mix. The new plugin allows users to create Frame2 projects with web services support by adding all of the required libraries and initial configuration. Also in the new plugin are two wizards: one for creating new Responders and one for creating Schema mappings. The Getting Started guide has also been expanded to explain how to add web services support to the example application.

Again, the Update Manager site is the preferred method for downloading the plugins, since it will gracefully handle version and dependency conflicts.

Update Site for Eclipse:
http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse

Sourceforge Downloads:
Main Eclipse Plugin
Web Services Eclipse Plugin (requires at least version 1.3.3 of the regular plugin)

The Plugin, It Is Done (For Now)

iamthechad — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:23:41 +0000

The Eclipse plugin for Frame2 is done, and has been released. Grab the file over at Sourceforge, or point your Eclipse Update Manager to http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse. Using the Update Manager is the preferred method for installing the plugin.

Sourceforge Download:
Eclipse Plugin

Update Site for Eclipse:
http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse

Eclipse Plugin Nearly Ready

iamthechad — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:25:31 +0000

As the title says, the Eclipse plugin for Frame2 is almost done. Of course, “done” is a relative term. In this case, it means that the plugin has been updated to work with the latest version of the framework, including the updated DTD. Unfortunately, it also means that it still has the same limitations that previous versions have had. Specifically, the plugin still does not support creating a Frame2 project with web services support. This can be added by hand and the Frame2 plugin won’t stomp on it, but neither are there any nice wizards for the web services tasks. This limitation is the next item on my list – I’m pretty sure that I can create an optional plugin that can be downloaded that will add the web services functionality for anyone that wants it. This will also help keep the download size of the “core” plugin as small as possible.

One other feature that the plugin is missing is a contextual editor for the Frame2 configuration file. It would nice to be able to get contextual help and hints when editing the config by hand, but I don’t think I have the time in the forseeable future to research how this works in Eclipse.

The plugin will be available for download from Sourceforge and I will be creating an update site here at frame2.megatome.com that will be the preferred way of getting the plugin.

Data Calculator

iamthechad — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:36:53 +0000

This has been a pet project of mine for a while, and I’m happy to announce that I can finally let everybody else see it.

The Swipe Toolkit is a neat collection of projects highlighting privacy issues. For some reason, their Data Calculator really reached out to me. The only problem I saw was that the calculator was only a Flash application. I wanted something I could run locally, so I recreated the calculator as a Java application.

The nice people of the Swipe Project have given me permission to release my version as an Open Source project, so I’ve created a new Sourceforge project for the development.

Right now, the only version available is for use with Java Web Start. Head on over to the information page and fire it up. Special versions, including installers, will be available soon for Windows, OS X, and hopefully Linux. In addition to the Java Web Start version, there are now packages for Windows and OS X, as well as a generic source package. Go hit the main Data Calculator page for the downloads.
Data Calculator

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