Applets/JavaFx in OpenSocial/iGoogle (and bugs that need to be fixed...)

I have started to look for some framework to put together in the same web page different contributions from loosely coupled applications. After reading about claims of portlet#039;s demise, I was pointed to OpenSocial, Shingdignbsp;and the like. Now, I couldn#039;t care less about the Social part of this (I am writing applications to manage data of particle accelerators and light sources... not teenage romantic life) but the ability to break down things in gadgets and have the option of assemble pieces coming from loosely coupled applications written in different languages (as long that their output is html), that#039;s something I#039;d like. And, as I understand, I could use Shingdig on my own internal, set it up... Now, the interesting part was: how long did it take me to take one of the applets I made and create a gadget out of it? And make it appear in my iGoogle (which is implemented on top of OpenSocial)? Less time than is taking me to write this blog entry... You create an XML file such as: nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; nbsp; Note that there nothing in the html except an applet tag, stretched to take the whole height and width. Then you make it available at a public URL, open your iGoogle page, giv...

Date: December, 30 2010
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/carcassi/archive/2010/12/30/what-we-need-appletsjavafx

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