Jean-Louis, Sounds good to me. I would have to refer to my daily notes/journal and my brain/memory to document my experience on such a page.
Thanks, Howard On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Jean-Louis MONTEIRO <jeano...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks so much for the feedback. > If you think it would be valuable, let's create it. > > Maybe the best way to get something relevant is to allow you both write it. > If you agree, I can create an empty page and let you write the content. > > It's pretty cool and easy using Apache CMS cause you can do it in an > anonymous manner (no need to be a committer). > > On top of any page, you have a pen you can use to edit a page. > > Jean-Louis > > > 2012/11/22 smithh032772 <smithh032...@gmail.com> > > > I agree, this is a great discussion! > > > > I know this is an old topic, but I was doing some browsing, came across > > this > > topic, and thought I might take a look, since I have had the same goal... > > 'Tomee Plus instead of Glassfish'. :) > > > > It 'sounds' good, and for good 'business' to allow developers to 'drop' > an > > app (or deploy an app) to any container, but honestly, I don't mind the > > work > > involved to go from one container (e.g. Glassfish) to another container > > (TomEE!!!). > > > > I currently have a JSF/PrimeFaces web app that is currently running on > > Glassfish in production right now. For the last 5 to 7 days, I have been > > 'working' to migrate that app from Glassfish 3.1.2.2 to TomEE 1.5+ > > (SNAPSHOT). So far, it has been a great 'and' learning experience. > > > > Yes, NetBeans/Glassfish (and Mojarra!!!) allow > > inexperienced/new/limited-experienced (java) developers (like myself) to > > develop an app based on tutorials/showcases, code shared by others on > > blogs/forums/etc..., and 10 times out of 10, that code works! > > > > All of that really helped me to be the successful JSF developer that I am > > today, but one day, I sought 'performance', I wanted my JSF web app to be > > reliable and run really really well 'in production' even though my web > app > > is serving less than 10 people (my family). Some people have knocked me, > > since I'm only developing a web app for 'family'. That's another topic, > so > > I > > won't discuss that. :) > > > > Anyway, while seeking performance, I saw others recommend (Apache) > MyFaces > > over Mojarra. Glassfish and Mojarra was already allowing my web app to > run > > really well, reliably, etc.., but I had an unquenched thirst for 'best > > performance' (still thirsty for that, too...smile). > > > > So, I decided to migrate 'from' Mojarra 2.1.7 to MyFaces Core 2.1.8. In > > that > > process, I realized that Mojarra 'allowed' so many things to work while > the > > same did 'not' work in/with MyFaces Core 2.1.8. Did I gripe or complain? > > No. > > I kept modifying code/xhtml, so I could complete the task of migrating to > > MyFaces, since the performance was undeniable there! If I'm not > mistaking, > > that was a 7-day job for me, but that task was completed and is in the > > past. > > > > So, my JSF/PrimeFaces/Glassfish3.1.2.2/MyFaces-Core-2.1.9 app is running > > very very well in production, and pages render so very fast. Yes, i've > add > > performance-tuning context-param's in web.xml as well as did some > > performance tuning in and for the Apache Derby database. I am sure that I > > can make more performance improvements throughout the app though as I > > continue to read and listen to what others are doing. > > > > Back to the topic (Tomee Plus instead of Glassfish)... > > > > As an actively-participating member of PrimeFaces Core community, I have > > seen others state in their profile signature that they are running Tomcat > > 6/7.x. When I realized that I wanted to use a new feature called > PrimeFaces > > Push (powered by Atmosphere/websockets), I had issues using this with > > Glassfish 3.1.2.2, but heard that it works with Tomcat and TomEE. > Sometime > > within the last 1 or 2 months, I attempted to migrate from Glassfish > > 3.1.2.2 > > to Tomcat 7.0.32, but I had to drop in so many different JARs, and I > failed > > to get the app started. > > > > Last week, someone recommended TomEE for Primefaces Push, so I decided to > > migrate to TomEE plus, and the task is not complete yet, but hoping to > > finish soon and push my JSF/PrimeFaces/TomEE Plus app to production, > ASAP. > > :) > > > > Also, motivation to migrate to TomEE came from Mark Blevin's blog, Why > is > > OpenWebBeans so fast? > > <http://struberg.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/why-is-openwebbeans-so-fast/> > . > > Like I said, I have unquenched thirst for performance (as well as > > 'success'), so I want Tomcat/TomEE/OpenWebBeans/OpenEJB, and 'all' they > > have > > to offer, even/especially if that means I need to clean up and 'correct' > my > > 'buggy/illegal' code that worked in Glassfish as well as Mojarra!!! :) > > > > As Anthony stated below, the following blog or tutorial would be great! > > > > > Maybe creating a "Migrating Your App from Glassfish to Tomee" webpage > > > would be helpful. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/Tomee-Plus-instead-of-Glassfish-tp4655318p4658801.html > > Sent from the OpenEJB User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > -- > Jean-Louis >
