Cernunnos Project Announces 1.0 Release of Open Source, Reusable Libraries
for Java Environments
Phoenix, AZ, November 4, 2008 - The Cernunnos Team, a group of
developers from leading educational institutions and IT consulting
companies, is pleased to announce the availability of Cernunnos v1.0.0, the
first release of Cernunnos for the general public. Cernunnos is an open
source Java project that embodies software industry best practices based on
innovative design principals. Used frequently and extensively by
institutions deploying the uPortal open source enterprise portal, it
provides a number of programming libraries and templates that dramatically
reduce the time and effort in Java development by effectively promoting
reuse in common programming tasks. Cernunnos is available as a free
download from the project Website address: http://cernunnos.googlecode.com.
"The University of Illinois has become an active contributor to the
Cernunnos project, and we have found it to be an addictive platform for
problem solving," said Tim Carroll, technical lead and service team manager
for a University-wide portal initiative at the University of Illinois. "We
have grown to depend on Cernunnos for all the typical uPortal integrations,
and we have also quickly developed solutions to more general problems
involving application deployment and environment reloads. Cernunnos has
enabled us to quickly automate routine service management tasks, and
repurpose that time to providing value added portal and portlet enhancements
for our end-users."
"We are very pleased to see that Cernunnos has reached its 1.0 release,"
says Jonathan Markow, JA-SIG Executive Director. "The utility has proven to
be extremely valuable to the uPortal community already. Used as a migration
tool, it is able to save developers considerable amounts of time upgrading
from one uPortal release to another. Cernunnos developer Drew Wills has
been an active and generous participant in JA-SIG for a while now. With
Cernunnos, he has provided a very handy technology solution for a
long-recognized need."
Cernunnos is ideal for Java developers who have more ambition than time. It
allows them to boost their effectiveness and productivity well above
traditional industry practices. Cernunnos effectively utilizes an
innovative LEGO™-like building block design, which enables software code
sections to be instantly joined together with other pieces of code without
having to write any additional code to make them work together. For user
documentation, examples, and an overview of features see the Cernunnos
Manual online at http://cernunnos.googlecode.com/svn/manual/index.html.
Within the uPortal environment, Cernunnos is a valuable import/export tool,
enabling the efficient transfer of the following types of objects:
- Entity Types
- Structures
- Themes
- Users
- Groups
- Channel Types
- Channels
- Memberships
- Permissions
- Layouts
About Cernunnos
The Cernunnos Project began in February 2007 and includes 29 current
members. Its development was led by Andrew Wills, Software Architect at
Unicon, Inc. The following institutions and organizations, many of which use
Cernunnos, were also involved in its development and support: JA-SIG, Yale
University, The University of Illinois, The University of Colorado,
California State University Chico, California Polytechnic University.
Cernunnos is hosted by Google Code and is available freely under the Apache
License, Version 2.0. For more information visit the project home page at
http://cernunnos.googlecode.com.
