I like JBoss as it is open source, very popular, and even better just acquired by a popular enterprise Linux provider. When I talk to developers about setting up a home J2EE Application Server, where they do have freedom of choice, and seem to always suggest JBoss.
I definately agree that the ant based way is the way forward. It strips the IDE of it's special build powers and allows you to build outside the IDE, which is great if your setting up automated builds and tests (eg CruiseControl). Otherwise you have to write seperate scripts to do this. I have seen companies do this, where they maintain the evironment in the IDE and also maintain handcrafted ant scripts for the automated builds and tests. Very expensive when you could ideally have the IDE utilize ant from the start. xdoclet is nice in that it similifies your ejb code. I have heard of people choosing other tools for their ejb generation though. I am not one of them, so it does not bother me, and I think for the most case, xdoclet is the popular choice. Personally I want a development tool where I can switch between Application servers with minimal effort. For instance Sun's netbeans has support for there specific Application Server, though they also have support for the JBoss application server. Even Eclipse let's you create default servers that you can interchange with. Even if Jboss Eclipse IDE existed before WTP, WTP has been around for a while, is it a goal for the tools to be moved to this structure? With standard Eclipse install you can create a server with "File" > " New" > "Other" > "Server" > "Server" > "Next" > "Generic Examples" > "Generic JBoss 3.2.3". I like the little server icon in the "Servers" view, it gives me some quick commands to play with the server, and it would seem using the generic WTP tools. I was expecting this plugin to come with a "Generic JBoss 4.0.x" server type. Maybe I might just try an earlier version of JBoss and see how it works. With all this said though, maybe it is just the resistance to change from a standized way of doing things, and that I just have to jump a couple of initial hurdles before I prefer this method of build and deployment. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3936952#3936952 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3936952 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user
