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JBoss Enterprise Update

JBUG London

Jeremy Brown - @tenfourtyManager, Solution ArchitectsMay 2013

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JBOSS AS GETS A NEW NAME

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JBoss AS Gets A New Name

● REDUCE CONFUSION● JBoss Meant:

● JBoss AS● JBoss Enterprise Platforms● JBoss Community

● What Changes?● JBoss AS Name, IRC, Forums, Issue Tracker● Faster Release Cadence

● What Doesn't Change● Governance, codebase, commitment to open source, community

● JBoss stays with the Red Hat JBoss Middleware Platforms

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JBoss AS Gets A New Name

● Why WildFly?● Election by the Community

● 1000+ Suggestions● 5 finalists● 250,000+ votes

● Announced April 2013

● Tentative Schedule● Alpha1 of WildFly 8 expected next week

● Alpha2 – June 2013

● Alpha3 – July 2013

● Beta1 – August

● Beta2 – Sept

● CR's and Final – Fall 2013

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WildFly 8 Features

● Java EE 7

● Much Faster● JPA/Hibernate improvements

● Significant Speed Boosts● Expect SpecJ metrics this year

● Undertow● Non-blocking web server with a Servlet implementation

● Allow java apps to write lightweight node.js style handlers that perform async IO without any of the overhead of servlet

● Fast implementation● HTTP Upgrade Support – multiplexing● Enhanced Security SPI – allows multiple security mechanisms

to coordinate w/o being tied to Servlets

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RELEASE CYCLE CHANGES

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JBoss Community & Enterprise Delta

EXAMPLE ONLY - NOT A ROADMAP

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RED HAT JBOSS DEVELOPER PROGRAM

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Red Hat JBoss Developer Program

● Allows enterprise developers to access

● Enterprise Binaries of JBoss Platforms ● Enterprise Developer Forums ● Exclusive Content – webinars, quickstarts, and

more● Free of charge!

● Sign up at http://www.jboss.org● Focused on developers being as productive as

possible at building new applications on Red Hat JBoss Middleware

● Program intended for development purposes only.

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Benefits

● Access to Enterprise Binaries● Build your apps on stable and certified codebase● No need to migrate your applications from Community

● Access to Enterprise Developer Forums● Collaborate with Red Hat experts and other enterprise

developers.

● Exclusive Enterprise Content● Quickstarts, tutorials and webinars available only to

Developer Program members.

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The Fine Print

● Intended for Developer Use Only● Obligated to purchase one or more subscriptions if used

outside of local development.● No support or maintenance

● Major (x.0) and Minor (6.x) releases available with a developer subscription

● Micro (6.1.x) and Security Errata available only to commercial subscribers.

● Forums focused on development related topics● No answers for production-focused topics

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Questions?