WTP Server Tools Open House Tim de Boer

Agenda § § § 2 Plugins Contributors API Status Quality Current work items WTP

WST Server Plugins § Server Tools Framework § org. eclipse. wst. server. core* § org. eclipse. wst. server. ui* § org. eclipse. wst. server. util § Adds notion of a “server” to Eclipse § Starting/stopping servers, publishing, targeting projects, adding & removing modules § Framework for adding new server types § Servers view, wizards, editor framework, etc. § Ability to choose resource and Run on Server § Depends only on Eclipse * Contains API 3 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

WST Internet Plugins § TCP/IP Monitor § org. eclipse. wst. internet. monitor. core** § org. eclipse. wst. internet. monitor. ui** § Monitor for Web pages, Web services § Shows request from client and the server’s response § Useful for understanding applications, debugging, etc. § Supports TCP/IP and HTTP § View bytes, images, or XML ** Contains provisional API 4 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

WST Internet Plugins § Web Browser utilities § org. eclipse. wst. internet. webbrowser § The internal Web browser and support for launching external browsers moved into Eclipse in 3. 1 M 6 § Utilities for the Eclipse browser plugin § Easily switch between browsers, toolbar button to open internal browser 5 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

WST Internet Plugins § Proxy Settings § org. eclipse. wst. internet. proxy § Manage internet proxy configuration and JRE properties § Preference page § HTTP proxy servers and firewalls § Authenticating proxy servers § SOCKS § Likely to move to Eclipse 3. 2 6 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

WST Internet Plugins § Internet Cache § org. eclipse. wst. internet. cache § Caches documents requested from the internet § Currently only used by the XML resolver 7 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

JST Server Plugins § J 2 EE server utilities § org. eclipse. jst. server. core* § org. eclipse. jst. server. ui § Generic Server support § org. eclipse. jst. server. generic. core* § org. eclipse. jst. server. generic. serverdefinition § org. eclipse. jst. server. generic. ui § Adds support for J 2 EE servers to be defined using plain XML files § No code required, add support for a new server in minutes §. serverdefinition plugin contains adapters for Web. Logic, JONa. S, and JBoss 8 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

JST Server Plugins § Apache Tomcat Server support § org. eclipse. jst. server. tomcat. core § org. eclipse. jst. server. tomcat. ui § Apache Geronimo Server support § org. eclipse. jst. server. geronimo. core § org. eclipse. jst. server. geronimo. ui 9 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

Server Tools Contributors § Gorkem Ercan § Generic server support and adapters for JONa. S, Web. Logic, JBoss § Larry Isaacs (SAS) § Tomcat support § Tim de. Boer (IBM) § Server Tools framework, TCP/IP monitor, Tomcat support § Elson Yuen (IBM) § Server Tools framework § Ted Bashor, Thomas Yip, Konstantin Komissarchik (BEA) § Server Tools API § Tim Francis (IBM) § Geronimo support 10 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

API Status § Done! … almost § API is basically ready to go. Based on past experience we’re reasonably comfortable with the current content § Reasonable validation through several servers and API users in WTP § BEA and IBM are both in the process of validating the API internally § Provisional APIs: § TCP/IP Monitor § Parts of server tools relating to features 11 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

Quality § Initial code contribution was shipped in previous products. Although it has undergone lots of cleanup and refactoring since then, much of the code is still stable § We’ve been fixing bugs continuously to keep the code relatively stable throughout § Bugs have been slowing growing – 30 currently on queue § Still some work to do to get ship-ready 12 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

Current Work Items - Assembly § Each server type has it’s own requirements on assembly § Does it happen on build or on publish? § Do utility projects get jarred up? Does complete EAR file get created? § The current. deployables directory is server specific and should not be in the workspace § Working with J 2 EE team and BEA to define an assembly mechanism § Provide support to assemble modules in. metadata § Assembly can be done via a builder or as part of a publish § Everything is under the server’s control 13 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

Current Work Items - Features § Proposal from BEA to enable/disable fine grained features on a module/component § Allows better control over classpath, UI, and which servers support a module that has extensions § Recently deferred to 1. 1 § Marking affected classes as provisional API § Still investigating to keep options open and migration low 14 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

For more information § Component overviews § Overviews exist for all three components (wst. internet, wst. server, jst. server) on the WTP website § Some documentation about specific function: § Run on Server § Generic servers § Eclipse. Con presentation § API – javadoc in code or in online help § Bugzilla § Feel free to open enhancement requests for unclear javadoc, further documentation you’d like to see, etc. 15 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0

Help Needed § We’re not done yet! § If you are planning on using or building on WTP, we can use your help with: § API review § Bug fixes § Testing § JUnit tests § Feedback 16 WTP | Server Tools Open House | © 2005 by IBM; made available under the EPL v 1. 0