Will these instructions live in the Wiki?

Andrew Wetmore


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On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM Josh Tynjala <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Unsure how to test further, after running the ApproveBlazeDS.xml script (or
> manually checking signatures and building from source, if that's your
> preference)? I've put together some steps that you can follow to test the
> sample projects too!
>
> 1. Download the BlazeDS binary distribution (zip for Windows, tar.gz for
> macOS and Linux), and extract somewhere on your computer.
>
> 2. Download the binary distribution of either Tomcat 10 or 11, and extract
> somewhere on your computer. https://tomcat.apache.org/
>
>    Note: Because we've migrated from Java EE to its successor Jakarta EE,
> BlazeDS 5.0 or newer is no longer compatible with Tomcat 9 or older.
>
>    Note 2: You are welcome to skip Tomcat and test with other Jakarta EE
> servers, if you prefer.
>
> 3. Copy the .war files in [BlazeDS binary release]/webapps to [Tomcat
> binary release]/webapps.
>
> 4. In [Tomcat binary release]/bin, run startup.sh in a terminal (or
> startup.bat on Windows).
>
> 5. Open http://localhost:8080 to test that Tomcat is running.
> - If the page fails to load, the server may not have started because your
> JDK is too old.
> - Tomcat 10 requires Java 11
> - Tomcat 11 requires Java 17
>
> 6. Open one or more of the BlazeDS sample apps to test:
>
> - Hello World
>  URL: http://localhost:8080/hello-world
>  Type your name into the input and click the "Say Hello" button to receive
> a personalized message from BlazeDS.
>
> - Get and Set Typed Object
>  URL: http://localhost:8080/typed-object
>  Enter some information into each of the blank fields. Then, click the
> "Save" button. Reload the page or open it in a different window or tab, and
> your information should be restored from the server.
>
> - Classic Turnkey Samples
>  URL: http://localhost:8080/samples
>  These are Royale ports of the original Flex sample projects donated by
> Adobe. Some have not been ported to Royale yet, but most are working. The
> few that aren't available are clearly marked.
>
>  Several of the samples require a local database server to run alongside
> Tomcat. To start the database, open a terminal and go into [BlazeDS binary
> release]/samples/classic-turnkey-samples/sampledb. Then, run startdb.sh (or
> startdb.bat on Windows). When finished, use Ctrl+C to stop the database.
>
> 7. When finished, in [Tomcat binary release]/bin, run shutdown.sh (or
> shutdown.bat on Windows).
>
> --
> Josh Tynjala
> Bowler Hat LLC
> https://bowlerhat.dev/
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM Josh Tynjala <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please discuss the BlazeDS 5.0.0 release candidate here and not in the
> > vote thread.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Josh
> >
>

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