New features in Project Zero Core for Silverstone M1

Core

The following is a list of the major new enhancements and features in the WebSphere sMash platform and programming model for the Silverstone M1 milestone. As usual, these are also accompanied by general improvements in stability, scalability, and general bugfixes.

Management

Admin Console

A new Admin Console, based on AppBuilder technology has been added, allowing graphical runtime management of sMash applications.

Automatic Apache Configuration Generation

New CLI commands have been added to allow automatic generation of Apache mod_proxy configuration, allowing users to easily run multiple sMash applications on a single machine through a single HTTP port.

Private In-House sMash Repository

New CLI commands have been added to allow easy generation of sMash repository. This allows an organization to create and publish to a webserver their own applications and modules for use by internal or external sMash users.

Data

Externalized SQL Statements

Allows developers to write a single application which can work with multiple databases by externalizing all SQL statements to configuration

SQL Server 2005

Added support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 for both data and ZRM APIs

ZRM for PHP Support

Added support for using PHP with ZRM for /resources

Integration

iWidget Support

Added iWidget support for tight integration of sMash and IBM Mashup Center applications

Programming Model

Test Harness Package

Added zero.test common test harness and utilities to ease creation and testing of sMash applications and modules.

XOXO Support

Added APIs for easy creation and manipulation of XOXO micro documents.

Groovy 1.5.6

Upgraded Groovy from 1.5.1 to 1.5.6, to take advantage of many bug fixes and scalability improvements.