New WebORB for Java 3.0 release is available

For those who don't know about WebORB for Java, and even those who do, there is a new release available. WebORB is used to make RIA development easy and less time consuming. It's also used as a runtime server delivering pre-recorded and real-time rich media to clients created in Flash, Flex, Ajax and now Silverlight from Java backends. Here's just a little bit about what's new in WebORB for Java 3.0.

•Product installer. WebORB now comes with the installer. When you download the product, you get weborb4java.jar. You can install the product by running the following command: java-jar weborb4java.jar

•Silverlight integration. Silverlight client is now an equal citizen among other rich client technologies WebORB supports. In fact, WebORB is the only product to my knowledge that provides the level of integration between Silverlight apps and Java POJOs, Spring Beans, and EJBs. The product includes a Silverlight client library you can import into Visual Studio projects which will enable remoting between SL and Java. Additionally, the product includes Visual Studio templates to make it easier to get started with Silverlight, Java and WebORB

•Real-time Messaging integration. The installer provides an option to add real-time messaging support. When installed, the featureset includes support for data push, client synchronization for data management, remote shared objects, pub/sub support without polling as well as streaming video.

•Significant Data Management improvements. There are major improvements in stability and code generation performance. The system has been tested on a variety of database types as well as data types.

•ActiveMQ integration. In general, WebORB integrates with any JMS implementation to provide publish/subscribe messaging. Specifically with ActiveMQ, the product makes it easy to get started as it includes all the special configuration options as well as ActiveMQ messaging broker itself.

WebORB for Java can be downloaded for free from the Midnight Coders website www.themidnightcoders.com.