Update Center for GlassFish V3

The next generation of the UpdateCenter may be implemented as a Web-based application, a Swing Application (perhaps with Java Web Start), or JavaFX application. This page is intended to compare advantages and disadvantages of these options.

Web Application:

• Easily integrated into Admin Console / single admin application
• Leverage Admin GUI's existing infrastructure to build UI
• Lightweight
• Easy remote access
• Browser makes application very accessible
• Look & Feel is well defined for web applications

Swing:

• Rich UI
• May integrate with NetBeans
• More difficult to deploy / maintain (perhaps Java Web Start could help address this?)
• More difficult to integrate with the admin console (may be possible with Java Web Start)

JavaFX:

• Rich UI
• Faster development time than Swing?
• Hot technology
• Can integrate with Web Browser features via "Live Connect", although still more difficult to integrate with admin console
• Growing interest in this type of rich web/swing application
• May help develop expertise in this area on our team