The goal of this book is to give you an overview of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, and demonstrate some of its features and capability to provide a rapid application development and deployment environment for Enterprise Java Applications. At the time of writing, the latest release is version 4.3. You should use this version or later with the example applications. The example applications described in this book illustrate the development and deployment of Enterprise Java applications in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. While the book is not intended to teach you Enterprise Java development, we will be covering the subject from quite a basic standpoint, so it will still be useful if you are new to Enterprise Java Application Development.
We will provide you a quick tour of the JBoss Directory Structure, basic Server Configuration, key configuration files and the JMX and Web Consoles. As we move on to the example applications, you will see JBoss Enterprise Application Platform in action and get some exposure in simple configuration and deployment issues. We will introduce the Seam framework and demonstrate the significant difference that Seam makes to application development.
Of course, that barely scratches the surface of what you can do with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. Once you feel comfortable with the information here, the
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: Server Configuration Guide
can take you through the rest of the way to total mastery of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.
