Oracle has released JDeveloper 11g Patch Set 3 (11.1.1.4.0) for all platforms as part of the wider 11g PS3 Middleware update. They have also published a page on new features for JDeveloper as well as a nice new look and feel to their download pages.
Oracle SOA 11g Download – Windows, Linux, etc.
Along with other Middleware technologies, the latest SOA 11g version (11.1.1.4) — something we have simply been calling PatchSet 3 or PS3 — has been released and is now available for download from the Oracle website.
WebLogic “SSO” Security – Authenticators and Asserters
As part of our Oracle Identity Management services, we are consistently configuring environments running WebLogic and integrating deeply with the WLS Security architecture. The following information from the Oracle documentation is a good description of how this is accomplished. It is referred to by Oracle as Perimeter Authentication. WebLogic Server is designed to extend the single sign-on concept all the way to the perimeter through support for identity assertion. Provided as a critical piece of the WebLogic Security Framework, the concept of identity assertion allows WebLogic Server to use the authentication mechanism provided by perimeter authentication schemes such as the … Read More
WebCenter 11g Book – Hello World Examples, Screenshots, and Tutorials
Our WebCenter 11g book has been out a few weeks and I have heard some good reviews from people who have picked it up. This version 1 book will quickly get you started with WebCenter 11g, providing you step-by-step screenshots on creating your environment followed by a Hello World web service that is exposed to the web as a WebCenter portlet among other common business scenarios you may need to accomplish.
ADF Jdeveloper 11g and QTJava.zip (QuickTime) – Integrated WebLogic Server
If you are having trouble starting your integrated WebLogic Server in JDev 11g, you might have QuickTime in your CLASSPATH, which is preventing it from running properly.
Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 11g
As a follow up to our highly successful White Paper on Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 10g, we have released a new version using SOA 11g: Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 11g This is included as part of a resource kit offered by Oracle Corp. After registering for the resource kit, you will see a link to the white paper as seen in the below screenshot: Enjoy!
BPMN 2.0 vs BPEL (Oracle BPM VS SOA Suite)
This post covers Oracle Open World Insights, followed by a BPEL/BPMN comparison, and design discussion. This is an interesting topic to me, since very little has been published and the product direction was clearly shown at OOW. I have also seen the difficulties of BPMN round tripping, which leads me to believe BPMN 2.0 is going to be great for functional process models, but will enforce a rigid process architecture on the technical model, leaving developers with a process architecture that is difficult to work with.
JDeveloper 11g Tutorial – Install Steps (11.1.1.3.0)
New versions of JDeveloper 11g have been released since the last step-by-step JDev install guide, so I thought I would post a quick refresher for anyone who wants that comfort of knowing they are seeing the screens they should expect to see as they march through the install. Enjoy; the product really is getting better and better everyday. Installing JDeveloper 11g (11.1.1.3.0) on Windows