LAB-5558: Developing Revolutionary Web Applications, Using Ajax Push or Comet

Exercise 0: Install and Configure Lab Environment (10 minutes)

 

In addition to the contents of this lab's zip file you should have the following installed on your computer:

• A Java SE software installation, version  1.6.0 or more recent

• NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 .
• GlassFish v3 version glassfish-v3-ea-b44.zip

Glassfish configuration

FOR JAVAONE 2009 MACHINE PROVIDED LABS: Glassfish will automatically start when you login to the machine. However there are a few things you need to know.

When you first login into your machine Netbeans will start. You will be prompted by Glassfish to enter the admin username and password. They are:

• Username: admin
• Password: adminadmin

The next important thing to note is that you should not attempt to start or stop Glassfish from within Netbeans. Because of the way Glassfish is configured on these machines, you will need to open a terminal if you want to start or stop the Glassfish service. To do so issue one of these commands in a terminal window:

• Stop Glassfish server: gf_stop
• Start Glassfish server: gf_start
• Check Glassfish status: gf_status

Enable Comet support Option1: in domain.xml GlassFish

FOR JAVAONE 2009 MACHINE PROVIDED LABS: Comet is already enabled on the machines. Glassfish will start automatically with comet enabled. You do not need to follow the steps below to enable comet.

To use Comet with GlassFish, add the bold red line to the GlassFish domain.xml file in the glassfish-v3_install_dir\glassfish\domains\domain1\config directory:
 

Code Sample from:  domain.xml

<http-listener port="8080" id="http-listener-1" address="0.0.0.0" default-virtual-server="server" server-name="">     <property name="cometSupport" value="true"/> </http-listener>

 
Or you can also enable comet support in NetBeans IDE.

Enable Comet support Option2: in NetBeans and GlassFish

FOR JAVAONE 2009 MACHINE PROVIDED LABS: Comet is already enabled on the machines. Glassfish will start automatically with comet enabled. You do not need to follow the steps below to enable comet.

In addition to enable the comet support in domain.xml as above, this can also be accomplished easily with Netbeans and Glassfish.

1. Switch to the Services window in Netbeans. If you can't find it, go to the Windows menu and select Services.
   
   

2. Right click your Glassfish server and select Properties.
   
   

3. In the Server's Common properties window you should see a box labeled Enable Comet Support. Check this box and select OK.
   
   

 

Setup Two Firefox Profiles

For this lab we will simulate multiple users in the exercises. To do this we'll need to setup a second Firefox profile so that we can simulate two independent browser sessions. This can be accomplished quite easily using the Mozilla Profile Manager. Here are instructions for the various operating systems, if you need more information or you have trouble you can check the Mozilla KB.

FOR JAVAONE 2009 MACHINE PROVIDED LABS: Firefox is already setup with multiple profiles. When you first login to the machine you will see a prompt to select a Firefox profile. You should select User 1 the first time. The next time you want to launch a new browser, open a terminal window and type the command ff. This will launch Firefox and allow you to select User 2. You do not need to follow the instructions below to setup multiple profiles.

Steps To Follow

1. Close the application completely and make sure that it is not running in the background.
   
   OpenSolaris/Linux
   
   Open a terminal and execute:
   
   firefox -profilemanager
   
   If firefox is not in your path, you need to cd (firefox program directory) and then execute:
   
   ./firefox -profilemanager
   
   MacOS
   
   Assuming the program is installed in the "Applications" folder, launch Terminal ("Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal") and enter the command starting with / after the prompt in Terminal:
   
   /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -profilemanager
   
   Windows
   
   Open the Windows "Start" menu, select "Run" (on Windows Vista, use "Start Search") then type and enter one of the following:
   
   firefox.exe -profilemanager
   
   if the above instructions do not work, include the full path to the executable surrounded by quotation marks in the "Run" (or Vista "Start Search") box, as in this Firefox example:
   
   "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -profilemanager
   
   
   

2. Select Create Profile
   

3. Click Continue
   
   

4. Enter a new profile name and click Done.
   
   

5. Finally, uncheck the box that says Don't ask at startup
   
   

Now when you start Firefox you will be able to choose which profile you want to use. This will allow you to use Firefox to simulate two browser sessions by choosing different profiles for each user. The first time you should select your default profile. Now launch the profile manager again from your terminal window and select your second user and choose Start Firefox. If the profile manager does not launch try running this command and then you should be able to select your second profile (details):

firefox -P -no-remote

 

 

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