In this chapter we’ll see how to install and configure JBoss Application Server and JBoss Eclipse IDE.

JBoss AS and JBoss IDE are freely available for download from jboss.com site. The JBoss AS is licensed under LGPL (GNU Lesser GPL).

JBoss IDE is in fact a set of plug-ins for Eclipse IDE.

Pre-requisites


You need to know the following before you can start off with tutorial.

• Enterprise Java Beans
• Eclipse

You should be familiar with Eclipse and should have the theoritical knowledge of Enterprise Java Beans. You can read the book Head First EJB or Enterprise Java Beans 4th Edition books for learning more about EJBs.


If you are not familiar with Eclipse, go through the Eclipse website for tutorials and help.


Very soon, you can find a simple EJB programming tutorial here on my site, keep checking!