It was announced today that we in the Jakarta EE community would not be able to modify the javax namespace. When I heard that statement uttered for the first time, I was certain I heard wrong. I asked several questions hoping for more positive news with better options in the future. No, it was exactly what I heard. Many of you know me as a positive voice in the community, but even my calm demeanor was cracked. Several visceral statements left my mouth and at one point during the meeting I recall using the word asinine. Transitioning through the stages…
El debug remoto es una práctica común para investigación de problemas de microservicios. Si estas utilizando contenedores Docker Apache Tomcat o Apache TomEE, en la web puedes encontrar varias técnicas como lo son: 1. Extender una imagen oficial y personalizar[1] 2. Utilizar personalización extensiva de CATALINA_OPTS[2] Sin embargo ambos enfoques requieren extra pasos aplicables para algunos escenarios. A continuación les comparto la forma más sencilla que he utilizado para poder hacer debug remoto en Apache Tomcat y Apache TomEE: $ $ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -p 8000:8000 -e CATALINA_OPTS=”-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=*:8000″ tomcat:9.0.17-jre11 Anatomía de las opciones utilizadas: docker run Comando para…
This is the second installment in a two-part article covering the Process Task portion of the Contribution Workflow. The Contribution Workflow is covered in detail in the first part within “Section 1: The Contribution Workflow Overview.” The Process Task portion of the Contribution Workflow is where you do the work on an issue (bug fixes, enhancements, tests, documentation) after getting assigned a JIRA ticket. This is where the rubber meets the road; where the actual work of writing or coding a solution takes place. The following diagram shows how the Process Task portion of the Contribution Workflow fits into the…
In the last installment, “It’s Easy! Your First TomEE Pull-Request: Using JIRA”, we showed you how to discover and get assigned a task in the TomEE open source project. This article, broken up into two parts, shows you how to get set up so you can start contributing and how to use Git to preserve your changes and save them up to your GitHub account. Section 1: The Contribution Workflow Overview 1.1 JIRA Ticket 1.2 Process Task 1.3 Submit Changes 1.4 Merge Changes 1.5 Clean Up Section 2: Process Task 2.1 Fork, Clone, Branch TomEE 2.1.1 Fork 2.1.2 Clone 2.1.3…
The “TomEE for the Holidays” campaign ended on January 16th of this year. It was great to see so many new Contributors (close to 50) join the TomEE project. In addition, participation from veteran contributors skyrocketed resulting in a level of communication and collaboration that would make any open source community proud. With the success of the “TomEE for the Holidays” initiative, the question became obvious: “How can we (Tomitribe) maintain a high level of participation and comradery in the project?” There were many things that made “TomEE for the Holidays” a success. Encouraging people new to open source to…
One of things that I had to learn about when joining the TomEE open source project was JIRA. JIRA is an issue tracking system with some light project management. It’s a great tool for keeping track of who is working on what and what bugs or issues need to be addressed. Note: JIRA isn’t an acronym it’s a truncation of the word, Gojira which is the real Japanese name for Godzilla. The folks that created JIRA chose the name as a tongue-in-cheek jab at their biggest rival at the time, Bugzilla. When you join the TomEE community you will end…
One of the greatest joys of my life has been working in Open Source. Why? First, I get to work on exactly what I want when I want. Software development is a creative process and working for someone else doesn’t always let me express myself. I need that. If my contributions are helpful, in line with the project’s goals, and are approved by my peers I can make a difference. That brings me to the second thing I love about open source: The people. Every project is different but in the TomEE project, everyone is volunteering their efforts and time…
It’s the week before a conference. You’re giving a new talk. This is the moment when all speakers are at their least confident. And what, I have to write a blog to earn a shirt? Who made these rules? Oh, we did. Alright, let’s do this. Introducing OpenSource R³ Jam In a very PartyOne inspired front, we’re getting together with DevNexus, Hazelcast, Jakarta EE, Okta, and Sonatype needs to throw a fun new party at DevNexus next week in Atlanta, Georgia, March 6-8th. DevNexus has soared to the top of my US conferences list and is sitting right up there…
In our last post we provided a step-by-step tutorial that explained how to debug Enterprise Java applications on TomEE from the Eclipse IDE. This time we’ll do the same thing but with IntelliJ! I’ve always found debugging Enterprise Java applications to be a challenge, but modern features of the Java Virtual Machine and tools like IntelliJ make it easy. If you are already familiar with IntelliJ but have not debugged a TomEE application, then this will be a quick but useful tutorial. If you are new to IntelliJ or TomEE you’ll find the steps outlined here very easy to follow….