JBoss tutorials

[oneworld95]

Hi. I'm new to JBoss and am looking for tutorials on building Java web apps in JBoss. Thanks.

[jaikiran]

What kind of applications are you trying to deploy on JBoss? And which version of the AS?

[oneworld95]

Thanks for your quick response. We're running JBoss 4.2.3.GA on a Solaris box but I'll be building JSF Web apps on my Win XP Pro box via JDeveloper 10.1.3.4.

I'm looking for a way to get the RichFaces components installed in JDeveloper and showing up in the components panel. Also, I'd like to find how-to article to start with RichFaces development and Oracle data reading/writing in JSF/Java.

Thank you.

[jaikiran]

I personally haven't used RichFaces so won't be able to provide much inputs. However, these are 2 wiki articles i could find which might get you started:

http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-11846
http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-12846

Maybe someone with more experience on RichFaces can point you to other useful resources.

[oneworld95]

Thanks. What's the JSF version used by JBoss 4.2.3.GA's RichFaces implementation? JDeveloper might not work with JSF 1.2 if that's what's being used. Thanks.

[peterj]

According to the manifest file, it uses 1.2_09-b01-BETA1.

You could look into using Eclipse and JBoss Tools. The JBoss Tools Getting Started Guide has a tutorial on developing a JSF application

[oneworld95]

I downloaded JBoss Tools but wasn't sure how to connect it to Eclipse. Do you just drop the Tools items into the Eclipse plugins folder or something? Thanks.

[peterj]

The JBoss Tools Getting Started Guide gives installation instructions. Simply, it is two steps:

1) Download and unzip a clean copy of Eclipse for Java EE Developers version 3.4.x.

2) Within the Eclipse Update Manager, add the JBoss Tools plugin URL and let Eclipse install the plugin.

[oneworld95]

Thanks, PeterJ. Is this the plugins URL? http://www.jboss.org/tools/download/stable/3_0_0_GA.html

[peterj]

The JBoss Tools download page is at: http://www.jboss.org/tools/download.html

It states "To install via update site, simply right-click the link below from which you'd like to install, copy the link, and paste it into Eclipse's Update or Install Manager." So, right-clicking on the link titled "JBoss Tools 3.0 :: Eclipse 3.4.2" yields "http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/", which is what gets pasted in Eclipse's Update Manager.

[oneworld95]

Thanks, PeterJ, for all your invaluable help :)

[oneworld95]

BTW, what's the difference between the "Stable Updates" and the "Development Updates"?

[peterj]

The Stable Updates are the released versions. These have undergone testing are are deemed production worthy. The Development Updates contain the latest features and patches from the development team, but they have at most minimal testing. Unless you enjoy debugging other peoples code and wondering why something no longer works, stick to the Stable Updates.