Error while running the "Using JSPs" example in the Google App Engine Getting Started guide for Java

I was going through the Google App Engine Getting Started guide for Java.  When I got to the "Using JSPs" portion, after deploying the JSP example, I got this error:

HTTP ERROR 500 

Problem accessing /. Reason:The absolute uri: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/jsp/index.html cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application

It couldn't find the tag library declaration "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/jsp/index.html".  I changed it to the usual "http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" and the example ran fine.

Hope this prevents anyone from getting stuck while doing this tutorial.

JSF Tutorials

Quite annoyed with the Java EE Tutorial's section on JSF. It assumes you're using NetBeans, and begins with having you setup the example using NetBeans without explaining anything. I've been struggling for a while in trying to get the example to work in Eclipse WTP, in vain. Why couldn't the examples have been done with just ANT instead of something IDE-specific?

I'm trying the tutorial from Exadel now. It's still IDE-specific but at least it's on Eclipse (Exadel Studio). It gives me the chance to evaluate Exadel Studio at the same time.

Is there a good tutorial out there that goes over the rudiments and best practices without being IDE-specific?

Eclipse Plugins for JSF

I found two Eclipse plugins for JSF: Exadel Studio and BEA Workshop for JSF. The Exadel plugin looks more interesting since they've recently partnered with Red Hat, which probably means good future support for JBoss Seam.

Since Exadel already comes bundled with WTP, I'm currently downloading a plain Eclipse to install Exadel on, so that it doesn't interfere with my current Eclipse-WTP installation.

I also just downloaded NetBeans and it's Visual Web Pack, just in case the Eclipse plugins don't workout. ;-)

One of the appealing things I've seen about JSF is it's support for drag-and-drop tooling. I'm hoping that one of the JSF tools will provide our team with efficiency without sacrificing elegance.

What's the news on DBUnit?

We at Orange and Bronze are eagerly awaiting the release of DBUnit 2.2, since we use it extensively in our projects. However, a quick check I did on the archives of the developer mailing list showed that the posts are few and far between, with the last post being in mid-October. I also poked around their site for a roadmap but found none. I was even just hoping for some change notes but didn't find those either. Anyone from the DBUnit team care to give us some news? =)

New Blog for Java

I'm creating a new blog just for Java-related entries. I'll reserve the other one more for business-related entries.