The different runtime models explained here are all incorporated into this maven archetype using profiles. It enables execution in Development Mode and supports both packaging for deployment to a Servlet Engine and the JBoss Application Server.

To begin with we'll create a project layout using a maven build structure, which will provide us with a bare bone project, including all dependencies, which can later on be imported in your IDE of choice.

mvn archetype:generate \
-DarchetypeGroupId=org.jboss.errai.archetypes \
-DarchetypeArtifactId=cdi-quickstart \
-DarchetypeVersion=1.3.0.GA \
-DarchetypeRepository=https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/

Customize the build properties according to your needs.

Define value for property 'groupId': : foo.bar
Define value for property 'artifactId': : gwt-app
Define value for property 'version': 1.0-SNAPSHOT:
Define value for property 'package': foo.bar: com.foo.bar
Confirm properties configuration:
groupId: foo.bar
artifactId: gwt-app
version: 1.0-SNAPSHOT
package: com.foo.bar
Y:

The project will be created in a directory that corresponds to the provided artifactId.

Now we have a fully working build environment set up in a few, simple steps. You can already use it to launch the GWT development mode or to package your web application for deployment.

mvn gwt:run (launch hosted mode)
mvn gwt:debug (launch hosted with debug settings)
mvn install (package and install the web application)

To deploy your application to JBoss, you need to execute a clean rebuild using the JBoss profile (e.g. -Pjboss7)

mvn -Pjboss7 clean install
cp target/gwt-app.war $JBOSS_HOME/standalone/deployments