Tumbling Towards Zero

Project Zero: Application Builder Tour Part 1

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:28:58 -0400

Project Zero: Application Builder Tour Part 1

Project Zero: Application Builder Intro Part 2

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:28:58 -0400

Project Zero: Application Builder Intro Part 2

Project Zero: Install To Hello World

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:28:58 -0400

Project Zero: Install To Hello World

Milestone 5 published (1.0M5)

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:23:52 -0400

Milestone 5 published (1.0M5): M5 has been released.

Some highlights provided in M5:

Persisting Global Context zones, e.g., /app and /user
Support for launching Zero applications through a light-weight daemon
- …

Project Zero at PHP London Conference

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:51:29 -0500

Project Zero at PHP London Conference: On Friday I attended the PHP London Conference which is organised by the local PHP London user group which several members of the Project Zero team regularly attend.

Ant Phillips gave an…

Liberating your Enterprise Assets to the Web

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:06:02 -0500

Liberating your Enterprise Assets to the Web: I am really pleased with the way Project Zero is shaping up. I especially like the way the web-based tools project is moving ahead a light speed. It looks like 2008 will be the year that we in IBM…

Milestone 4 published (1.0M4)

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:28:28 -0500

Milestone 4 published (1.0M4): M4 has been released.

Some highlights provided in M4:

Configuration file improvements
- better error handling/reporting
JSON API improvements
- simplified encoding/decoding APIs
- better performance
ZRM
- Paging support
Zero launcher
Connection API enhancements
Updateable command line

PHP
- Multibyte String Functions
- Image Functions
- MySQL Functions

Flow
- Groovy access/update of XML DOM
- Tooling improvements

For a more complete list of new…

My recent interview with InfoQ on REST and Project Zero

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:28:00 -0500

My recent interview with InfoQ on REST and Project Zero: Over the Holidays, I had Floyd Marinescu from InfoQ drop in with video equipment in tow. Floyd does some really nice work, and asked me some decent questions regarding Project Zero and Restful SOA. It was kind of weird sitting in front of the camera with a bright light shining in my face… but after a while I forgot the camera was there and started doing my thing. The real trick was for Floyd to get me to shut up (It’s 32 mins )

The article is titled Interview: IBM CTO Jerry Cuomo on…

Running phpBB from the Project Zero CommandLine

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:23:00 -0500

Running phpBB from the Project Zero CommandLine: Following on from Rob’s blog about running phpBB as a Project Zero application under Eclipse, I thought it would be interesting to show how straightforwards it is to get phpBB running using the Zero command line. The following instructions are adapted from Rob’s originals.

* Follow the instructions to install Project Zero CLI. Make sure you point to latest repository http://www.projectzero.org/update/zero.eclipse.php.latest/ rather than a milestone repository.

Create a new Zero…

PhpBB running on Project Zero

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:40:00 -0500

PhpBB running on Project Zero: Whilst the objective for PHP support in Project Zero is much wider than simply running existing applications, the ability to do so is an important proof point for compatibility. I blogged last year about our plans to use well known PHP applications to shape our priorities as we build out the PHP extension libraries and we have been busy executing that plan.

I am delighted to be able to announce that it is now possible to install and run PhpBB 3.0 on Project Zero. The procedure is very…

Client Programming gifts

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:49:00 -0500

Client Programming gifts: This is a continuation of my previous posts on the gift organizer application I built. Once I knew my model was working, I started on the client interface. My first goal was just to list all the gifts. I started with a .gt file for my main client-side interface, but quickly changed the extension to .zhtml so I could leverage the web app programming model. I decided to use the grid widget from dojo. Normally I would have used a dojo datastore connecting remotely back to the zero server to…

ZRMing with Gift Organizer

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:02:00 -0500

ZRMing with Gift Organizer: This is a continuation of my post yesterday where I described the gift organizer application I was building. In this post I will focus on the use of ZRM (Zero Resource Model) in the application, since that’s where I started when building it.

After creating my app, and adding an additional dependency on zero.resources I began by defining a model of a gift. I knew it would include basic information about the gift, such as name, price, and links to the item and its image (if available). I…

The gift of Gift Organizers

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:28:00 -0500

The gift of Gift Organizers: Near the end of last month I started writing a Zero application. As I wrote my application, I encountered a number of areas which it seemed like others might have difficulties as well. Some of these were bugs, and have since been fixed or are in the process of being fixed, but others are simply areas where I think my example can help in understanding. I also hope this will encourage others to share their experiences as well.

In choosing an application to write, I thought about the…

The Last Mile

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:38:00 -0500

The Last Mile: A few weeks ago, I presented “Ajax RESTs with Project Zero” at the AjaxWorld Conference. Thanks to the team’s encouragement, I am gathering some of my thoughts about the Ajax industry (activities) in this blog entry, for what we should focus on as Project Zero matures.

The conference was mostly client-oriented technologies (well, it is Ajax). Commercial vendors, like Laszlo, JackBe, TIBCO, Nexaweb, and Backbase had elaborate presentations, from WYSIWYG development tools to widget…

Resources made simple with ZRM (the Zero Resource Model)

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:27:00 -0500

Resources made simple with ZRM (the Zero Resource Model): Implementing RESTful resources in Zero just got easier. The Zero Resource Model extension (ZRM) refactors resource handlers into a model (which you define) and a CRUD/HTTP accessor. The motivation for ZRM is to reduce the amount of boilerplate code that is repetitive in many applications. In other words, ZRM enables you to focus your development on the unique attributes of your resource while letting Zero provide for “the rest of it”, including RESTful APIs, feeds, search, etags, programmatic…

Project Zero on IBM developerWorks!

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:24:00 -0500

Project Zero on IBM developerWorks!: There is a new space for Project Zero on developerWorks. This space is complementary to projectzero.org and provides lots of information on Web 2.0, AJAX, and other related technologies. A great way to quickly find developerWorks content related to Project Zero. You can find the space at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/spaces/zero.

— Jason Tags: web2.0 ajax developerWorks zero community

Programming by Search, Cut and Paste.

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:22:00 -0500

Programming by Search, Cut and Paste.: The ProjectZero Catalog – why write it, when you can re-use it? I joke with my colleagues that the last piece of unique code was written in 1982 – Which, if I remember correctly, was the year after I started programming. I say this because at some level what’s old is new and what’s new is old – if you know what I mean. Applying the law of large numbers, along with the wealth of information available on the net, one might assert that any code you need to write is a simple, Google, Cut and…

Milestone 3 (1.0M3) published

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:41:00 -0500

Milestone 3 (1.0M3) published: M3 has been released.

Some highlights provided in M3:

Zero Resource Model enhancements
Zero Code Completion for Groovy (Eclipse)
Enhanced management features (CLI and RESTful interfaces)
OpenID support
Cross-Site Request Forgery prevention
Groovy 1.5
Dojo 1.0.1

For a more complete list of new features, see M3 Features. For information regarding all the URLs for the M3 zips, docs and update sites, see the following forum post.

— Steve

Just finished my Javapolis Presentation on Zero

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:12:00 -0500

Just finished my Javapolis Presentation on Zero: All done… I just finished my Zero presentation at Javapolis and it went really well. Great attendance and some good feedback. If you want to see the slides I presented, I posted them on Slideshare and I believe the recording of the presentation will be available on the Javapolis web site.`

Tags: presentation zero

About to present at Javapolis

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:55:00 -0500

About to present at Javapolis: I am here at Javapolis in Antwerp… very good conference. Seems to be about 3000 people here. In about 3 hours I am going to present an overview of Project Zero. There are lots of sessions here on complementary technology, including AJAX and Flex and the state of the Java world in general. I saw a great keynote on a site called Parleys.com that provides online video to educate developers on technology. It has some really interesting content. Currently the site is written as an AJAX…