Product Description: Consisting of a number of well-known open source products, JBoss is more a family of interrelated services than a single monolithic application. But, as with any tool that's as feature-rich as JBoss, there are number of pitfalls and complexities, too.
Most developers struggle with the same issues when deploying J2EE applications on JBoss: they have trouble getting the many J2EE and JBoss deployment descriptors to work together; they have difficulty finding out how to get started; their projects don't have a packaging and deployment strategy that grows with the application; or, they find the Class Loaders confusing and don't know how to use them, which can cause problems.
"JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide" helps developers overcome these challenges. As you work through the book, you'll build a project using extensive code examples. You'll delve into all the major facets of J2EE application deployment on JBoss, including JSPs, Servlets, EJBs, JMS, JNDI, web services, JavaMail, JDBC, and Hibernate. With the help of this book, you'll:
Implement a full J2EE application and deploy it on JBoss
Discover how to use the latest features of JBoss 4 and J2EE 1.4, including J2EE-compliant web services
Master J2EE application deployment on JBoss with EARs, WARs, and EJB JARs
Understand the core J2EE deployment descriptors and how they integrate with JBoss-specific descriptors
Base your security strategy on JAAS
Written for Java developers who want to use JBoss on their projects, the book covers the gamut of deploying J2EE technologies on JBoss, providing a brief survey of each subject aimed at the working professional with limited time.
If you're one of thelegions of developers who have decided to give JBoss a try, then "JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide" is your next logical purchase. It'll show you in plain language how to use the fastest growing open source tool in the industry today. If you've worked with JBoss before, this book will get you up to speed on JBoss 4, JBoss WS (web services), and Hibernate 3.
There's nothing ordinary about JBoss. What began as an open source EJB container project six years ago has become a fully certified J2EE 1.4 application server with the largest market share, competitive with proprietary Java application servers in features and quality. And with its dynamic architecture, JBoss isn't just a J2EE server. You can alter the services to make J2EE work the way you want, or even throw J2EE away completely.
After more than a million downloads, many JBoss users are no longer trying it out on internal test boxes, but rolling it out on production machines. JBoss: A Developer's Notebook takes you on a complete tour of JBoss in a very unique way: rather than long discussions, you will find code--lots of code. In fact, the book is a collection of hands-on labs that take you through the critical JBoss features step-by-step. You don't just read about JBoss, you learn it through direct practical application. That includes exploring the server's many configurations: from bare features for simple applications, to the lightweight J2EE configuration, to everything JBoss has in store-including Hibernate and Tomcat.
JBoss: A Developer's Notebook also introduces the management console, the web services messaging features, enhanced monitoring capabilities, and shows you how to improve performance. At the end of each lab, you'll find a section called "What about..." that anticipates and answers likely follow-up questions, along with a section that points you to articles and other resources if you need more information.
JBoss is truly an extraordinary application server. And we have an extraordinary way for you to learn it.
Product Description: JBoss in Action is the first book to focus on teaching readers in detail how to use the JBoss application server. Unlike other titles about JBoss, the authors of JBoss in Action go deeper into the advanced features and configuration of the server. In particular, it focuses on enterprise-class topics, such as high availability, security, and performance.
This book walks readers through the JBoss 5 Application Server from installation to configuration to production development. It shows how to configure the server's various component containers such as the JBoss Web Server, the EJB 3 server, and JBoss Messaging. It also provides detailed insight into configuring the various component services such as security, performance, and clustering. Beyond coverage of the core application server, the book also teaches how to use some of the "hot" technologies that run on top of the application server, such as Jboss Seam and JBoss Portal.
The authors, both seasoned professional experts at developing and administering JBoss, provide meaningful explanations and background on many topics which they tie in with their own practical, real-world advice from their collective experience. These uniquely comprehensive explanations and the wide coverage provided in this book surpass any other content currently available in any other book, article, or documentation on the subject.
Practical JBoss® Seam Projects, written by renowned author and enterprise Java practitioner Jim Farley, is expected to be the first practical projects book of its kind on this groundbreaking open source lightweight JSF-EJB3 framework.
Practical application scenarios are used to demonstrate the nature of the JBoss Seam framework, its efficacy, and its limitations.
The series of scenarios and cases demonstrate key elements of the framework (e.g., basic web application development, rich web clients with Ajax, and so forth).
Real-world case studies offer valuable insight into the new practices of JBoss Seam Web 2.0 development
What youll learn
See how to use the open source lightweight standards-based Seam framework in the context of the Java EE 5 environment.
Get a quick, broad primer on Seam by examining a "canonical" web application.
Appreciate the JSF extension capabilities offered by Seam (including conversations and breadcrumbs), the use of EJB3 session backing beans, and general persistence management.
Get practical help from case studies, such as a PayPal-like web application project.
Understand page-flow management provided by Seams jPDL through a working case study.
Design rich web user interfaces using Seam and Ajax in another working case study.
Discover the workflow and BPM support provided by Seams integration with jBPM.
Who is this book for?
Intermediate Java developers with fundamental knowledge of enterprise issues and frameworks. Experience or a basic understanding of J2EE/Java EE 5 should suffice.
About the Apress Practical Series
The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project-motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real-world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.
Reacting to the popularity of J2EE™ alternatives such as Ruby on Rails and the enterprise Spring Framework, Red Hat JBoss®, Inc. developed JBoss® Seam, a new open source lightweight Java™ EE 5-based contextual application development framework. Beginning JBoss® Seam: From Novice to Professional gets you started as the first book on this popular framework.
Introduces JSF™ and EJB™ 3 fundamentals which Seam uses and ties together
Explains basic and advanced Seam functions and tools
Features a functioning, in-depth demonstration so you can better learn how to use Seam
This book shows business analysts how to model business processes in JBoss jBPM and use these models to generate a fully-functioning workflow application. The book shows how business analysts can use the tools to build a solution without the need for Java coding expertise. It also introduces more advanced functionality that can be implemented by Java developers in partnership with the BA.
JBoss jBPM is a free, open-source, business process management solution. It enables users to create business processes that coordinate people, applications, and services.
A business process is a sequence of activities triggered by a certain input that results in a valuable output. Business Process Management is about analyzing those activities in a structured way and eventually supporting their execution with a workflow application. This allows for the following results:
Better management visibility of their business: improved decision making
Low cost of inputs: de-skilled labor requirements, less waste, standardized components
Better outputs: consistent quality, more customer satisfaction
Businesses have always tried to manage their processes, but software such as jBPM brings the methodology and management theory to practical life.
JBoss jBPM offers the following key features:
Graphical process definition
Flexibility to integrate code into the graphical process definition
A customizable web-based workflow application that runs the process you've defined
Easy programming model to extend the graphical process definition
A process-oriented programming model (jPDL) that blends the best of process definition languages and Java.
Easy to integrate with other systems through the JBoss middleware suite.
This book takes a practical approach, with step-by-step instructions for business process management, model creation, and implementation. The book uses a typical BPM project lifecycle case study to explore and explain the process in a realistic situation.
Discover JBoss Seam: the Unified Framework for Simpler, More Powerful Web Development
JBoss Seam integrates EJB 3.0 and JSF components under a unified framework that simplifies and accelerates Java EE web development. Now, JBoss Seam’s project leader and technology evangelist take you inside this powerful new technology, showing exactly how to put it to work.
Michael Yuan and Thomas Heute show how JBoss Seam enables you to create web applications that would have been difficult or impossible with previous Java frameworks. Through hands-on examples and a complete case study application, you’ll learn how to leverage JBoss Seam’s breakthrough state management capabilities; integrate business processes and rules; use AJAX with Seam; and deploy your application into production, one step at a time. Coverage includes
How JBoss Seam builds on–and goes beyond–the Java EE platform
• Using the “Stateful Framework”: conversations, workspaces, concurrent conversations, and transactions
• Integrating the web and data components: validation, clickable data tables, and bookmarkable web pages
• Creating AJAX and custom UI components, enabling AJAX for existing JSF components, and JavaScript integration via Seam Remoting
• Managing business processes, defining stateful pageflows, and implementing rule-based security
• Testing and optimizing JBoss Seam applications
• Deploying in diverse environments: with Tomcat, with production databases, in clusters, without EJB 3, and more
* Download source code for this book’s case study application at http://michaelyuan.com/seam/.
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About This Book
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: What Is Seam?
Chapter 2: Seam Hello World
Chapter 3: Recommended JSF Enhancements
Chapter 4: Rapid Application Development Tools
Part II: Stateful Applications Made Easy
Chapter 5: An Introduction to Stateful Framework
Chapter 6: A Simple Stateful Application
Chapter 7: Conversations
Chapter 8: Workspaces and Concurrent Conversations
Chapter 9: Transactions
Part III: Integrating Web and Data Components
Chapter 10: Validate Input Data
Chapter 11: Clickable Data Tables
Chapter 12: Bookmarkable Web Pages
Chapter 13: The Seam CRUD Application Framework
Chapter 14: Failing Gracefully
Part IV: AJAX Support
Chapter 15: Custom and AJAX UI Components
Chapter 16: Enabling AJAX for Existing Components
Chapter 17: Direct JavaScript Integration
Part V: Business Processes and Rules
Chapter 18: Managing Business Processes
Chapter 19: Stateful Pageflows
Chapter 20: Rule-Based Security Framework
Part VI: Testing Seam Applications
Chapter 21: Unit Testing
Chapter 22: Integration Testing
Part VII: Production Deployment
Chapter 23: Java EE 5.0 Deployment
Chapter 24: Seam Without EJB3
Chapter 25: Tomcat Deployment
Chapter 26: Using a Production Database
Chapter 27: Performance Tuning and Clustering
Appendix A: Installing and Deploying JBoss AS
Appendix B: Using Example Applications as Templates
If you need to understand how JBoss works, why not learn it from the people who created it? JBoss 4.0 — The Official Guide is the authoritative resource recognized as the official print documentation for JBoss 4.0. The only book for advanced JBoss users, this guide presents a complete understanding to configuring and using JBoss 4.0. It is fully up-to-date with the new features and changes in JBoss 4.0, including those used to integrate development with Eclipse, incorporate Aspect-Oriented Programming and implement J2EE 1.4 functionality months ahead of the commercial competition. Get under the hood and explore everything that JBoss 4.0 can offer you with JBoss 4.0 — The Official Guide.
The Official JBoss Development and Administration Guide offers a single source for information about deploying, administering, and extending JBoss. The book provides up-close and in-depth information both about the intricacies of JBoss and the best practices of J2EE development. The reader will be able, though this book, to install JBoss and develop J2EE applications as well as extending and enhancing JBoss itself--a primary benefit of the open-source nature of the JBoss product.
Product Description: The Deployment and Administration Handbooks simply the varied and often complex task of getting J2EE applications up and running on a J2EE 1.3 certified application server. Despite the J2EE standard, every application server is different. Each has its own administrative interface, and deployment process. Each interprets and implements the specifications slightly differently, adding its own proprietary features and functionality.
To develop powerful J2EE applications that fully utilize the runtime services provided by the platforms in which they run, you need to be well versed with the configuration and deployment of J2EE components on the application server.
The JBoss 3.0 Deployment and Administration Handbook is a guide to the variety of configurative, administrative and deployment tasks that are associated with setting up and running J2EE components on the JBoss 3.0 application server.
The book covers:
The JBoss JMX-based configuration architecture Deploying J2EE components: WAR, EJB JAR, and EAR Configuring JBoss Security Configuring JCA and Datasources Configuring JBossMQ for JMS and JavaMail Configuring the Jetty and Tomcat Web Containers Configuring JBoss Clustering Configuring Log4J Logging Configuring EJB deployments Configuring Container-Managed Persistence for Entity Beans Proprietary JBoss features such as Scheduling
This Handbook assumes that you are familiar with J2EE development and is focused only on deployment and administrative tasks for the JBoss application server.
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