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Getting Started Guide

Version: 3.2.0.Beta

Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 JBoss by Red Hat

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1. Getting Started with JBoss Developer Studio
1.1. What is JBDS?
1.2. Key Features of JBoss Developer Studio and Requirements
1.3. Configuring Your Java Environment
1.3.1. Installing and Configuring 32-bit Sun JDK 5.0 on Linux
1.3.2. Installing and Configuring 32-bit Sun JDK 5.0 on Microsoft Windows
1.4. JBoss Developer Studio Installation
1.5. JBoss Developer Studio and JBoss Tools
1.5.1. What is the difference?
1.5.2. JBoss Tools Installation and Update
1.6. Welcome to JBoss Developer Studio
1.7. Upgrading
1.8. Uninstalling
1.9. Usage Reporting
1.9.1. Collected usage information guide
1.10. Support
1.11. Other relevant resources on the topic
2. Manage JBoss AS from JBoss Developer Studio
2.1. How to Manage the JBoss AS Bundled in JBDS
2.1.1. Starting JBoss Server
2.1.2. Stopping JBoss Server
2.1.3. Server Container Preferences
2.2. How to Use Your Own JBoss AS Instance with JBDS
2.2.1. JBoss AS Installation
2.2.2. Adding and Configuring JBoss Server
3. Write Your First Project with JBoss Developer Studio
3.1. Create a Seam Application
3.1.1. Start Development Database
3.1.2. Create and deploy Seam Web Project
3.1.3. Start JBoss Application Server
3.1.4. Workshop Project Code Overview
3.2. Seam Action Development
3.2.1. Create a New Seam Action
3.2.2. Test Seam Action
3.2.3. Modify Seam Action User Interface
3.3. Declarative Security
3.3.1. Edit Login Authentication Logic
3.3.2. Secure Seam Page Component
3.4. Browsing Workshop Database
3.4.1. Database Connectivity Setup
3.4.2. Browse Workshop Database
3.5. Database Programming
3.5.1. Reverse Engineer CRUD from a Running Database
3.5.2. Use Hibernate Tools to Query Data via JPA
3.5.3. Use Hibernate Tools to visualize the Data Model
3.6. Rich Components
3.6.1. Add a Richfaces component to the CRUD Application
4. Developing a simple JSP web application
4.1. Setting Up the Project
4.2. Creating JSP Page
4.2.1. Editing a JSP Page
4.2.2. web.xml file
4.2.3. Deploying the project
4.2.4. JSP Page Preview
4.2.5. Launch JSP Project
5. RAD development of a simple JSF application
5.1. Setting up the project
5.2. Creating JSP Pages
5.3. Creating Transition between two views
5.4. Creating Resource File
5.5. Creating Java Bean
5.6. Editing faces-config.xml File
5.7. Editing the JSP View Files
5.7.1. Editing inputnumber.jsp page
5.7.2. Editing success.jsp page
5.8. Creating index.jsp page
5.9. Running the Application
6. Project Examples
6.1. User Sites
6.2. Downloading a Project Example
6.3. Quick Fixes
7. FAQ
7.1. What should I do if Visual Page Editor does not start under Linux
7.2. Visual Editor starts OK, but the Missing Natures dialog appears
7.3. Do I need to have JBoss Server installed to run JBoss Developer Studio?
7.4. I have an existing Seam 1.2.1 project. Can I migrate/import the project to a JBDS Seam project?
7.5. I have an existing Struts or JSF project. Can I open the project in JBDS?
7.6. Can I import a .war file?
7.7. Is it possible to increase the performance of Eclipse after installing your product?
7.8. How can I add my own tag library to the JBoss Tools Palette?
7.9. How to get Code Assist for Seam specific resources in an externally generated project?
7.10. How to import an example Seam project from jboss-eap directory?
7.11. Is a cross-platform project import possible for JBDS?
8. Further Reading