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In this article, I’m happy to introduce you new BrowserSim / CordovaSim features, which are available in the new JBoss Developer Studio 8.0.0.GA. Basically, I want to focus on:

  • JavaFx web engine

  • Eclipse console logging

  • Dev Tools Debugger

JavaFx web engine

BrowserSim and CordovaSim have a new JavaFx web engine as an alternative to SWT WebKit. In the original there was only one web engine - SWT WebKit. Unfortunately, it has several drawbacks. For example, using SWT WebKit on Windows requires Apple Safari installation (provides SWT WebKit engine), which is pretty obsolete for now - May 9, 2012 is the date of the last update. Moreover, SWT WebKit doesn’t support Debugger API. Due to these limitations it was decided to add JavaFX web engine support. Web engine can be changed in Menu → Preferences → Settings Tab → Browser Engine.

JavaFx web engine
If you want to use JavaFX web engine, you need to run BrowserSim / CordovaSim against Oracle JDK version 7 or higher (version 8 is recommended)

Eclipse console logging

Eclipse console logging is available for both SWT Webkit and JavaFx web engines. Now the output of the main javascript console functions (console.log, console.info, console.warn, console.error) is displayed in the Eclipse console.

Eclipse Console Logging

Dev Tools Debugger

Dev Tools Debugger is available only for JavaFx web engine. One can connect the debugger to the BrowserSim / CordovaSim (Right click → Debug → Dev Tools…​) and step through the code, introspect variables and so forth.

Dev tools Debugger

Demo

Here is a short demo video with the new features:

All these features are also available for CordovaSim

BrowserSim standalone

For one who doesn’t use Eclipse / JBoss Developer Studio there is a standalone mode of BrowserSim. However, only SWT WebKit web engine is supported (we are planning to add JavaFx support in the next releases - JBIDE-18703). More details about BrowserSim standalone can be found in the following blog.

BrowserSim FAQ

BrowserSim FAQ can be found here. If you wasn’t able to find the answer, just post your question in the comments to this blog.

Known issues

  • Dev Tools Debugger doesn’t work properly with the Oracle JDK 8u20. I do hope it will be fixed in the upcoming JDK releases - RT-38918, JBIDE-18526

  • JavaFx which is shipped with Oracle JDK 7 has no localStorage support. Fortunately, it is fixed in JDK 8 - RT-29584

  • JavaFx which is shipped with Oracle JDK 7 has no WebSocket support, which is vital for LiveReload functionality. So, LiveReload doesn’t work with Oracle JDK 7 for JavaFx web engine. Fortunately, it is fixed in JDK 8 - RT-14947

  • JavaFx HTML 5 Date and time inputs do not function properly - RT-34974, JBIDE-17054

Conclusion

We are trying our best to make our tools as good as possible. User feedback is what we are seeking for now. We look forward to hearing your comments, remarks and proposals. Please, comment below about features you would you like to have in the upcoming releases!
Have fun!

Ilya Buziuk
@ilyabuziuk

The day has finally come!

JBoss Tools 4.2 and Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 8 for Eclipse Luna is now available.

JBoss Developer Studio 8 Splashscreen

Installation

JBoss Developer Studio comes with everything pre-bundled in its installer. Simply download it and install it like this:

java -jar jboss-devstudio-{version}-installer-{standalone|eap}.jar

JBoss Tools or JBoss Developer Studio Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse (BYOE) requires a bit more:

This release requires at least Eclipse 4.4 (Luna) but we recommend using the Eclipse Luna SR1 Java EE Bundle since then you get most of the dependencies preinstalled.

Once you have installed Eclipse, you can either find us on Eclipse Marketplace under "JBoss Tools (Luna)" or "JBoss Developer Studio (Luna)".

For JBoss Tools you can also use our update site directly if you are up for it.

http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/luna/

What is new ?

There have been many feature additions and a lot of bugfixing polish going into this main release and these have been documented/described in details at What’s New.

The main headlines are:

Where is integration stack tooling ?

The integration stack covers the tooling for Fuse, Drools, jBPM, SwitchYard, JBoss ESB etc.

I’m happy to announce that we for now have made them available as "Early access" in JBoss Tools under JBoss Central Software/Update page.

In the near future it is planned to also show up in JBoss Developer Studio and eventually be available as fully supported.

Thank You!

This release would not have been possible without feedback and contributions from our community and the team(s) around Developer Studio. For that I’m truly grateful. Any contribution counts!

The following people have participated in this release with either code, ideas, feedback and testing:

Alexander Silgidjian, Alexey Pakseykin, Andrei Ivanov, Andy Goldstein, Antonio Goncalves, Asif Kilwani, Axel Wathne, Chris West, Chunyun Chen, Clovis Seragiotto, Cody Lerum, Cojan van Ballegooijen, Daniel Castro, Daniel Cunha, Daniel Dekany, Darren hartford, Darryl Miles, Eduardo de souza, Emily Brand, Ender Wiggin, Eric Barber, Filippo rossoni, Guillaume Jouvelot, Harald Wellmann, Henk de boer, Hermes Waldemarin, Hernán Chanfreau, Igor Jacy Lino Campista, Jeffrey Simpson, Jesper Skov, Jim Boettcher, Joe Guzzardo, Jorge Yagüe París, Josh B, Juergen Zimmermann, Karl Pietrzak, Labdoui labdoui, Luke Maurer, Marcel Neuwohner, Martin Lippert, Masao Kunii, Mikhail Kalkov, Nan wei, Nero M, Nicolas duminil, Oliver Pfau, Palmer Eldritch, Patrick Decat, Paul Richardson, Pei-Tang Huang, Radosław Józwik, Rainer Schön, Randall Smith, Rich DiCroce, Robert Baty, Robert Munteanu, Roman Ilin, Ron Ratovsky, Sebastien Deleuze, Stephen Neal, Suz Dorfield, Sébastien Pinel, Tagir Valeev, Thiago andrade, Thomas Maslen, Weiweijiang jiang, Wolfgang Knauf, Zerr Angelo, Alexander Kurtakov, Alexey Kazakov, Aliaksey Nis, Andre Dietisheim, Andrea Vibelli, Andrej Podhradsky, Arun Gupta, Aslak Knutsen, Barry LaFond, Boleslaw Dawidowicz, Brenton Leanhardt, Brian Fitzpatrick, Burr Sutter, Catherine Robson, Corey Daley, Daniel Azarov, David Chia, David Hladky, David Stephan, Denis Golovin, Denis Maliarevich, Duncan Doyle, Emil Cervenan, Emmanuel Bernard, Eric Rich, Fred Bricon, Gavin King, George Gastaldi, Gorkem Ercan, Ilya Buziuk, Isaac Rooskov, Jakub Niedermertl, James Cobb, Jane Murphey, Jaroslav Jankovič, Jeff Cantrill, Jim Tyrrell, Jiri Pallich, Jiri Peterka, Joshua Wilson, Juraci Paixão Kröhling, Juraj Húska, Karel Piwko, Koen Aers, Konstantin Marmalyukov, Krzysztof Daniel, Lars Heinemann, Len DiMaggio, Lincoln Baxter III, Lucia Jelinkova, Lukáš Fryč, Marek Novotny, Marek Schmidt, Marius Bogoevici, Marián Labuda, Martin Malina, Matthias Wessendorf, Max Rydahl Andersen, Maxim Areshkau, Michelle Murray, Mickael Istria, Mustafa Musaji, Nick Boldt, Paul Leacu, Pavol Srna, Pete Muir, Peter Palaga, Petr Stribny, Petr Suchý, Radim Hopp, Radoslav Rábara, Rafael Benevides, Rastislav Wagner, Rick Wagner, Rob Cernich, Rob Stryker, Robb Greathouse, Ron Šmeral, Sande Gilda, Sebastien Blanc, Snjezana Peco, Stefan Bunciak, Ståle Pedersen, Tadeas Kriz, Takayuki Konishi, Tomas Repel, Tomáš Sedmík, Travis Rogers, Van Halbert, Viacheslav Kabanovich, Victor Rubezhny, Vineet Reynolds, Vitali Yemialyanchyk, Vladimir Vasilev, Vlado Pakan, Vojtech Juranek, Xavier Coulon and Yahor Radtsevich.

Thank you!

If you like to be part of shaping the next update and major release please take a look at JBoss Tools Community Acceptance program! It will start up soon!

Hope you enjoy this release and remember…​

Have fun!

Max Rydahl Andersen+ @maxandersen

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