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What's New
 
The What's New page lists recent additions and changes to WebObjects developer documentation.

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June 2002

Site Update:
WebObjects 5.1.3 Update
See the update overview for installation instructions, links to download the update packages, and release notes documenting what has changed.

 

May 2002

Java Client Desktop Applications (Revised)
Java Client Desktop Applications teaches you how to build three-tier Java applications that provide Swing user interfaces to the client and access to persistent data sources on the server using the Enterprise Object technology.

 

April 2002

WebObjects 5.1.1 Release update
See the update overview for installation instructions, links to download the update packages, and release notes documenting what has changed.

Inside WebObjects: Developing SMIL Presentations (PDF)
Inside WebObjects: Developing SMIL Presentations explains how WebObjects implements Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). It provides the information you need to develop applications that leverage the power of dynamic elements, such as repetitions and conditionals, in SMIL presentations. This book is intended for WebObjects developers who want to add SMIL to their application-development tool set.

Developing SMIL Presentations includes

  • an introduction to SMIL in WebObjects
  • instructions on creating SMIL components
  • details on SMIL-element customization, including QuickTime extensions
  • reference information about SMIL elements in WebObjects

March 2002

WebObjects Dynamic Elements (PDF)
Dynamic elements serve as the basic building blocks of WebObjects applications by linking an application's scripted or compiled behavior to an HTML page.

January 2002

WebObjects 5.1 offers several new documents:
 WebObjects Desktop Applications (PDF)
Provides comprehensive tutorials on developing applications using Java Client and Direct to Java Client. This document replaces both the Java Client Tutorial and Getting Started with Direct to Java Client.

Developing EJB Applications (PDF)
Explains how to use WebObjects to develop EJB applications and provides some background information on EJB. This document assumes a previous knowledge of EJB.

 Developing Applications using Java Server Pages and Servlets (PDF)
Explains how to deploy WebObjects applications as servlets and how to use WebObjects components in JSP pages.

Post-Installation Guide (PDF)
Post-Installation Guide covers platform-specific information for the steps you need to take after installing WebObjects on your system. It explains how to install the JDBC and JNDI adaptors, how to set up your databases, and how to uninstall earlier versions of WebObjects. This document also includes information on testing your system.

The following documents have been updated with release-specific information for WebObjects 5.1:

 WebObjects Overview
Inside WebObjects: Deploying WebObjects Applications
Installation Guide for Mac OS X
Installation Guide for Windows and Solaris
WebObjects 5.1 Release Notes

In addition, the reference documentation for the WebObjects framework is now available in Javadoc format.
WebObjects (com.webobjects.appserver)
WebObjects XML (com.webobjects.appserver.xml)
DirectToWeb (com.webobjects.directtoweb)
EOAccess (com.webobjects.eoaccess)
EOApplication (com.webobjects.eoapplication)
EOControl (com.webobjects.eocontrol)
EODistribution (com.webobjects.eodistribution)
EODistribution Client (com.webobjects.eodistribution.client)
EOGeneration (com.webobjects.eogeneration)
EOGeneration Client (com.webobjects.eogeneration.client)
EOInterface (com.webobjects.eointerface)
EOInterface Swing (com.webobjects.eointerface.swing)
EOInterface Cocoa (com.webobjects.eointerface.cocoa)
Foundation (com.webobjects.foundation)
JDBC Adaptor (com.webobjects.jdbcadaptor)
JDBC Adaptor (com.webobjects.jdbcadaptor)
JNDI Adaptor (com.webobjects.jndiadaptor)
WebObjects Extensions (com.webobjects.woextensions)


September 2001

New site organization
Site Information: Information about changes made to the site.
Essentials: General documentation about WebObjects.
Related Resources: Additional resources, such as technical notes and hardcopy versions of some of some of the books.
Development: Application-development–related documentation.
Deployment: Application-deployment–related documentation.
Reference: Reference documentation.
Developer Tools: Documentation on developer tools. application development or deployment.
Release Notes: Information about known bugs and workarounds, and changes make to the software that have not been documented elsewhere.

Deploying WebObjects Applications [Updated]
Content expanded to include a detailed explanation of the WebObjects deployment architecture. Diagrams and screen shots have been added to clarify concepts and procedures. A Deployment Settings Reference chapter contains information on the deployment properties and command-line arguments needed to customize your site.

Differences between WO4.5 and 5
Differences between WO4.5 and 5.0, by Malcolm Crawford, covers changes in WebObjects between Release 4.5 and 5.0. Information in this document includes:

  • Upgrading from 4.5
  • Finding deprecated methods in 5.0
  • Handling EO validation
  • Handling logging and debugging information
The document also provides information on JDBC and database adaptors, which methods to use in place of the deprecated methods, and other details related to the new release.