Apache Tuscany SCA Java 2.0-Beta2 released

The Apache Tuscany team is pleased to announce the 2.0-Beta2 release of the Java SCA 2.0 project.

Apache Tuscany/SCA provides a runtime environment based on Service Component Architecture (SCA), which is a set of OASIS specifications aimed at simplifying SOA application development.

This is the second beta release on our way to a full 2.0 release. It contains improvements on a number of modules, dependency upgrades and continues the effort of module reorganization started with the Beta1 release. New features include an interactive shell to work with SCA domains, contributions and services.

See the RELEASE_NOTES and CHANGES file for more details about the release, and to download the distributions please go to:

http://tuscany.apache.org/sca-java-2x-releases.html

To find out more about OASIS Open CSA go to:

http://www.oasis-opencsa.org

Apache Tuscany welcomes your help. Any contribution, including code, testing, contributions to the documentation, or bug reporting is always appreciated. For more information on how to get involved in Apache Tuscany visit the website at:

http://tuscany.apache.org

Thank you for your interest in Apache Tuscany!

ApacheCon update: OSGi remote services with SCA using Apache Tuscany

I finished my session for ApacheCon 2009: OSGi remote services with SCA using Apache Tuscany. You can download the slides at:
http://people.apache.org/~rfeng/tuscany/presentations/OSGi%20Remote%20Services%20with%20Tuscany%20SCA.pdf

The samples referenced in the presentation can be found at: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/java/sca/samples/

Please look for the ones that are named as dosgi-*.

These features are included in the upcoming Tuscany SCA 2.0 M4 release which is being voted on the mailing list.

ApacheCon 2009 Session : SCA, Java EE, Spring, Web 2.0 and Cloud Come Together - Service assembly with Apache Tuscany SCA

ApacheCon US 2009 has started and I'm done with my first Apache Tuscany session.

SCA, Java EE, Spring, Web 2.0 and Cloud Come Together - Service assembly with Apache Tuscany SCA
Wed, 04 November 2009 11:00, by Luciano Resende

Slides are now available

Tuscany cloud tutorial source code is available in Tuscany SVN at sca-cloud-tutorial sandbox.

The application integration sample (a.k.a Travel Sample) is available in Tuscany SVN at travel-sample sandbox.

Apache Tuscany SCA Java 1.4 Released

The Apache Tuscany team are pleased to announce the 1.4 release of the Java SCA project.

Apache Tuscany provides a runtime environment based on the Service Component Architecture (SCA). SCA is a set of specifications aimed at simplifying SOA application development. These specifications are being standardized by OASIS as part of the Open Composite Services Architecture (Open CSA).

The Tuscany SCA Java 1.4 release adds various improvements including:

* Support for Spring version 2.5.5
* Support for Implementation Policies and SCA Annotations for Spring beans
* Support for Axis2 version 1.4.1
* Support for Axis2 MTOM message optimization
* Support for Aspect Oriented Tracing
* Support for SCA callbacks with JMS binding
* Support for @requestConnection / @responseConnection with JMS binding
* Improved user guide documentation
* A new Corba Binding (GSoC) Extension
* A new GData Binding (GSoC) Extension
* Tuscany Eclipse Plugins enhancements to be compatible with new Eclipse Ganymede release
* Improved simple-bigbank-spring samples to demonstrate various SCA bindings with Spring

and numerous bug fixes. see the RELEASE_NOTES and CHANGES file for details, and to download the distributions please go to:

http://tuscany.apache.org/sca-java-releases.html

To find out more about OASIS Open CSA go to:

http://www.oasis-opencsa.org

Apache Tuscany welcomes your help. Any contribution, including code, testing, contributions to the documentation, or bug reporting is always appreciated. For more information on how to get involved in Apache Tuscany visit the website at:

http://tuscany.apache.org

Thank you for your interest in Apache Tuscany!

Tuscany Celebrates 3rd Anniversary as Apache Project

On 2008-12-07 the Apache Tuscany project celebrates its 3rd anniversary as an Apache project. We are excited about our past accomplishments and enthusiastic about the future for Tuscany and SOA, and we would like you to join in our celebration. All week Apache Tuscany will be changing its logo and using special graphics for our virutal party, and you are invited to join.

We've had many important achievements, and the improvements for Apace Tuscany keep coming. In the past we saw the following important milestones:

• November 2005 - SCA 0.9 specifications released by BEA, IBM, Oracle, SAP, IONA, and Sybase.
• December 2005 - Apache Tuscany added as an Apache incubator project.
• January 2006+ - Apache Tuscany release various milestones on the way to 1.0.
• May 2006+ - Apache Tuscany presents at JavaOne, ApacheCon, SOA World, and others.
• July 2006 - SCA 0.95 specifications released. OpenSOA formed. New companies join.
• September 2007 - Apache Tuscany 1.0 release. First implementation of SCA version 1.0 specification.
• February 2008 - Apache Tuscany 1.1 release with SCA policy support, many Web 2.0 bindings, platform integration.
• April 2008 - Apache Tuscany 1.2 release with distributed SCA Domain management,
• JAX-WS annotations, and new Atom binding.
• June 2008 - Tuscany goes worldwide with opening of Chinese portal and discussion groups.
• May 2008 - Apache Tuscany becomes and official top level Apache project.
• September 2008 - Apache Tuscany release exciting video series. Hollywood takes note.
• August 2008 - Apache Tuscany 1.3 release with improved Java2WSDL, performance and full security enablement.
• December 2008 - Apache Tuscany 1.4 being readied for public consumption.

The people on the Apache Tuscany team are happy on this anniversary, and look forward to the future. We invite you to try our release and celebrate with us.

Apache Tuscany SCA 1.1 Release Announced

Tuscany team has just announced Java SCA 1.1 and it is now available for download on the Tuscany SCA Releases page.

The Apache Tuscany team are delighted to announce the 1.1 release of the Java SCA project.

Apache Tuscany provides a runtime environment based on the Service Component Architecture (SCA). SCA is a set of specifications aimed at simplifying SOA application development. These specifications are being standardized by OASIS as part of the Open Composite Services Architecture (Open CSA).

The Tuscany SCA Java 1.1 release adds a number of features including a JMS binding, improved policy support and an implementation extension for representing client side Javascript applications as SCA components.

There is also a nice post at InfoQ

InfoQ spoke with Jean-Sebastien Delfino and Luciano Resende, both from IBM, who contribute to the Apache Tuscany project.
...
InfoQ: What's coming ahead ?

JS: The Tuscany community will have to decide (as we're just getting 1.1 out) but I envision progress in the following areas:

* simpler and more complete SCA policy support
* more policies (making progress with the transaction policy)
* improved end-to-end SCA contribution / deployment / distribution story
* an SCA domain administration application
* integration with Geronimo (there's a prototype in the Geronimo sandbox)
* improvements of the Web 2.0 bindings (maybe using Apache Abdera for ATOM and adding cross-domain support to the JSONRPC binding)
* optimizations of the Tuscany databinding support
* more platform integration testing (Tomcat, Geronimo etc.)

Conference: Apache Tuscany at TheServerSide.com Java Symposium

If you happen to be in Vegas having fun at TheServerSide.com Java Symposium, stop by to meet some members of the Tuscany Community that are presenting on Wednesday, March 21 at 10:10 AM.

Apache Tuscany: Not the Same Old Architecture
Jim Marino, Jeremy Boynes and Merraj Kunnumpurath

Do you think of the popular term SOA as the "Same Old Architecture" concept?

The Apache Tuscany Project moves SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) beyond buzzwords and into reality. The project aims to create a next-generation services infrastructure in open source based Service Component Architecture (SCA). With Apache Tuscany, application developers will be able to create, assemble, and deploy service networks in ways that are not easily done or possible with existing middleware. This talk covers how Apache Tuscany simplifies the task of creating and assembling service-based applications using SCA.The talk will also cover where the Tuscany project is headed and how it will help developers build tomorrow's applications today, with an emphasis on real-world scenarios .