Hi Mark, NetX is the component used by IcedTea-web, the open replacement for the JDK plugin. Is not formally part of OpenJDK, but Linux distribution use this, and us also compatible at least on Windows.
OpenJDK itself doesn't have a plugin component. OpenJFX should work with IcedTea in theory, but I think the code does some assumption on what is available on the platform, so probably there is still some work to do to ensure perfect compliance. Cheers, Mario Il giorno 20/lug/2013 19:27, "Mark Fortner" <phidia...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Coincidentally, I was upgrading my ubuntu box recently and noticed that it > installed NetX (an open source JNLP alternative by default). > http://jnlp.sourceforge.net/netx/index.html > > I'm not sure what the status is and how this fits into the openjdk vision > of the world. > > Cheers, > > Mark > > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM, John C. Turnbull > <ozem...@ozemail.com.au>wrote: > > > What's the performance like? > > > > What version of Java does it support? > > > > Is it a subset of the JRE or complete? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net > > [mailto:openjfx-dev-boun...@openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of Sven Reimers > > Sent: Friday, 19 July 2013 15:01 > > To: Daniel Zwolenski > > Cc: openjfx-dev@openjdk.java.net; mike.ehrenberg@barchart.comEhrenberg; > > JeremyJongsma > > Subject: Re: Java Deployment (was Re: JavaFX 8 Progress) > > > > A Java Runtime on top of JavaScript - > > http://wiki.apidesign.org/wiki/Bck2Brwsr > > > > -Sven > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Daniel Zwolenski <zon...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Yes this is another option, basically running it on a server and then > > > rendering on the client. JavaFX could be extended to do this. > > > > > > Another alternative is a 'java runtime' built on top of jscript > > > (similar idea to the runtime being built for mobile, like robovm). In > > > this cases jfx would run 100% in the browser on top of jscript. > > > > > > Another option is a runtime built for the native elements of each > > browser. > > > Eg a runtime running on chrome's native interface, etc. > > > > > > All of the above would require a lot of work before being ready to use > > > and likely would have some tradeoffs in terms of features or > > > performance. The options I listed in the last email are in my opinion > > > more achievable in the short term and generally give decent results. > > > > > > Right now, if you want to deploy jfx my pick suggestion would be > > > completely avoid any of the oracle solutions and just pay the licence > > > fee for install4j. Although I'd not seen jwrapper until just now and > > > it could do with some looking into too. > > > > > > On 19/07/2013, at 8:10 AM, Mario Torre > > > <neugens.limasoftw...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > For Swing you can actually use CacioWeb, works quite well. Zero > > > deployment, no VM needed, no plugin, just an HTML 5 capable browser. > > > > > > > > Doesn't work with JavaFX unfortunately. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mario > > > > > > > > Il giorno 19/lug/2013 00:03, "Daniel Zwolenski" <zon...@gmail.com> > > > > ha > > > scritto: > > > > > > > > > > There are definitely credible alternatives. The problem is > > > > > currently > > > the alternatives are not implemented well enough so web still ends up > > > a contender just by being the only one able to stand up. > > > > > > > > > > And for the record I build both public facing apps and back-office > > > apps and web deploy does not work well for either. I stopped using jfx > > > because of deployment. I now build only webapps because of deployment. > > > > > > > > > > Credible alternatives: > > > > > > > > > > 1. Native bundlers, but we need: > > > > > - auto updating so people can easily release patch updates > > > > > - smaller co-bundled jre's so that the initial download and > > > > > install is > > > smooth and quick > > > > > - better build tools to make this easier to integrate into a > > > > > standard > > > build process, with some solution for cross-platform build support or > > > to at least minimize the pain > > > > > > > > > > 2. App stores: > > > > > - ready to go right now for Mac but we don't have the tools and I > > > think we need everything fully open sourced for licensing reasons > > > (hard to > > > say) > > > > > - need to either pick one of the unofficial win app stores for > > > pre-win8 support (there's a few), or build our own app store > > > > > - we just need tools for building and deploying to app stores (not > > > that hard) and cut down jre sizes again (app stores are an extension > > > of cobundling approach). > > > > > > > > > > 3. Self-hosted 'app store' for corporate settings. install a > > > > > small, > > > native client on the machine that allows that user to download and > > > install apps from your private server, with auto-updating, etc > > > > > - we need to build one, not that hard, maybe a month or two of > > > > > work to > > > get a first working version out. I would have built one by now but > > > because jfx packaging tools are so bad I've burnt up all my spare time > > > just putting wrappers around these to get the most basic of maven > plugins > > to work. > > > > > > > > > > All of the above could have been implemented by now if there was > > > > > just > > > a little bit of love in this area. One resource ticking away would > > > have been enough to get something going. As it stands there has been > > > zero, nada, zip changes into anything other than web/security > > > deployment efforts over the last year. J8 due next year (!) will not > > > include any of the above, or even any simple improvements to > > > deployment approaches other than web, to the best of my knowledge. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 19/07/2013, at 7:30 AM, Mark Fortner <phidia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've heard the "webstart is broke, don't fix it, move on" song > > > before from a number of people. What I haven't heard is a credible > > > solution to solving the very real problem of keeping an app up-to-date > > > in a corporate setting. For the most part, I agree that if you're in > > > the business of selling commercial software, selling and distributing > > > through an app store probably makes sense for you. Although I wouldn't > > > relish having to build on all of those platforms. > > > > > > > > > > > > However, posting proprietary apps to external OS-specific app > > > > > > stores > > > doesn't really work for anyone in a corporate setting. Neither does > > > making a user re-install an application every time you post a bug fix. > > > In addition, many corporations limit the privileges they give users. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sven Reimers > > > > * Senior Expert Software Architect > > * NetBeans Dream Team Member: http://dreamteam.netbeans.org > > * Community Leader NetBeans: http://community.java.net/netbeans > > Desktop Java: > > http://community.java.net/javadesktop > > * Duke's Choice Award Winner 2009 > > * Blog: http://nbguru.blogspot.com > > > > * XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Sven_Reimers8 > > * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/svenreimers > > > > Join the NetBeans Groups: > > * XING: http://www.xing.com/group-20148.82db20 > > * NUGM: http://haug-server.dyndns.org/display/NUGM/Home > > * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1860468 > > http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=107402 > > http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1684717 > > * Oracle: https://mix.oracle.com/groups/18497 > > > > >
