Ember - JEE REST

This project shows how to mix Ember.js and Java to create a very simple application using the DS.RESTAdapter from Ember Data library.

Other Technologies used

This application depends on other technologies beyond the scope of Java. Therefore, I assume that you have this tools installed and know how to use them:

• Maven
• ruby
• RubyGems

Will be helpfull if you know something about tools that concatenate and minify or compress JavaScript and CSS assets like this one rake-pipeline.

Building

First, run bundle to install the dependencies necessary to compile the static assets (CSS, JS, HTML). The Assetfile is configured to output the files located on app directory to the target/public/ directory.

Then execute mvn jetty:run to run the application on port 8080. This target executes the command bundle exec rakep at the validate phase, as configured in the exec-maven-plugin plugin section from pom.xml file.

Development

When you execute the command bundle exec guard, the app directory will be monitored and every file modification on this directory starts the rake-pipeline process. This process updates the target/public/ directory and you can call <Cmd + R> or <Ctrl + R> to reload on the browser. This is useful when you need a fast development enviroment.

This is one of de advantages of use Ember with Java, because you don't need to restart you app while modifying only the views, and scripts.