In Relation To

InfoQ asked me a few questions about Seam 2.0 and Web Beans a few weeks back. They've just posted the article here.

This post summarizes a complaint about JSF that I hear from time to time:

The theme of Web Beans is:

The JCP folks seem to have resolved their technical problems, and the Web Beans EDR is now available at jcp.org. We've had some great feedback on the comments alias already. Please keep it coming!

Kevin Bourrillion, one of the creators of Guice, has written an excellent post on the subject of typesafety.

The first early draft[1] is now available! Please send comments to jsr-299-comments(AT)jcp.org. We really /do/ pay attention to community feedback, so if you take the time, it won't be wasted!

Here's my slides[1] from the talk at Silicon Valley JUG. This was a basic overview of Web Beans, for those who know nothing about it.

Over the past year I've started turning down most speaking invitations from conferences and other events. I found that when I do too many talks, I stop enjoying it, and this doesn't help me give a good performance. But in the next few weeks I'm going to get out and talk about Seam and Web Beans at the following events:

/This is the fifth installment of a series of articles describing the current status of the Web Beans specification. Please read the first, second, third and fourth installments first./

I would like to thank Matt Corey for his commentary on Web Beans, and respond to several points.