JBoss Seam Lab Home

Before You Begin, follow the directions in this wiki: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossSeamLabs

Overview

These labs are intented to break down key Seam concepts/features into bite size chunks. Each lab (except lab #1) is an independent "helloworld" project that aims to show you code working in action. The labs also teach you how to use the seam-gen command line interface and make Seam development more productive. There are no IDE requirements for the labs, but Eclipse 3.2 or higher with the JBoss jBPM and JBoss Rules IDE plugins are recommended. If you want to download eclipse with some good plugins, refer to: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JBossSeamGettingStartedGuideStep2. Otherwise, just download JBossIDE 2.0 or use your favorite IDE/text editor.

Quick Start Info

Here's a few things to keep in mind:

• The labs are designed to be copy/paste friendly. Just copy/paste the command into a shell. The paths will be correct, if you follow all of the setup steps.
• Use the lab cheats! There are useful comments in the solution code. If you don't understand what the lab solution should be, just go to the lab cheat. The documentation in the labs is purposefully brief/vague.
• If you run a lab cheat but don't know where the lab specific code is, do a file search for "LAB TIP". The lab solutions have "LAB TIP" comments to make the solution code stand out.
• Experiment with your own code. You can also grab solution code from other labs. This is a learning/experimentation sand-box, not a rigid training class.

Lab Links

• Lab #1 (Seam DVD Store Example Application)
  • Deploy DVD Store to JBoss Application Server
  • Step through DVD Store application

• Lab #2 (Seam Command Line Interface Basics)
  • Create a helloworld project
  • Deploy helloworld to JBoss Application Server
  • Edit/Re-deploy/Un-deploy helloworld to JBoss Application Server

• Lab #3 (Additional Seam Commands)
  • Create new conversation, also called a Stateful Session Bean (SFSB) Seam component
  • Create a new facelet, also call the Java Server Face (JSF)
  • Update the conversation and JSF page

• Lab #4 (Seam CRUD Generation - Advanced Command)
  • Creat new tables in HSQLDB (JBossAS embedded database)
  • Generate CRUD application
  • Deploy/test application

• Lab #5 (Rules Integration)
  • Deploy a Seam + JBoss Rules based project
  • Change the JBoss Rule file and re-deploy/test application
    
• Lab #6 (jBPM Integration)
  • Deploy a Seam + jBPM based project
  • Change the jBPM process and re-deploy/test application
• Lab #7 (Visual Page Flow Design)
  • Create a simple page flow with a decision point
    
• Lab #8 (Serverless Testing with TestNG)
• Automated command line testing
• Run tests in eclipse

• Lab #9 (JSF Component Copy/Paste Zone)
  • View various JSF components in action
  • Copy/paste the components into your application