Practical JBoss® Seam Projects, written by renowned author and enterprise Java practitioner Jim Farley, is the first practical projects book of its kind on this groundbreaking open-source lightweight JSF-EJB3 framework.

• Practical application scenarios are used to demonstrate the nature of the JBoss Seam framework, its efficacy, and its limitations
• The series of scenarios and cases demonstrate key elements of the framework (e.g., basic web application development, rich web clients with Ajax, and so forth)
• Real-world case studies offer valuable insight into the new practices of JBoss Seam Web 2.0 development

What you’ll learn

• How to use the open source lightweight standards-based Seam framework in the context of the Java EE 5 environment
• A quick, broad primer on Seam by examining a “canonical” web application
• To appreciate the JSF extension capabilities offered by Seam (including conversations and breadcrumbs), the use of EJB3 session backing beans, and general persistence management
• Practical help from case studies, such as a PayPal-like web application project
• Understand page-flow management provided by Seam's jPDL through a working case study
• Design rich web user interfaces using Seam and Ajax in another working case study
• Discover the workflow and BPM support provided by Seams integration with jBPM

Who this book is for

Intermediate Java developers with fundamental knowledge of enterprise issues and frameworks. Experience or a basic understanding of J2EE/Java EE 5 should suffice.