Developing applications with MongoDB and PrimeFaces on WildFly

This tutorial shows how to build an application which exports/imports data contained in a PrimFaces datatable in MongoDB.  MongoDB is a popular noSQL database which can be freely obtained from: http://www.mongodb.org/downloadsOnce downloaded, create a script named for example startmongodb.cmd (or equivalent for Linux) which starts the Mongo database, selecting a location for the storage: mongod … Read more

Integrate JRebel with JBoss

In this tutorial we will show how to integrate and test JRebel Eclipse plugin with JBoss AS 7.1.1 platform. For those who have never heard about it, JRebel is a JVM-plugin that makes it possible for Java developers to instantly see any code change made to an app without redeploying. JRebel lets you see code … Read more

JBoss vs Oracle middleware: my line

I’ve recently come across a blog post on Oracle site where JBoss EAP 6 platform and Oracle 12c are compared. Although not working for RedHat/JBoss I do am engaged with JBoss stuff but I’ll try to be as more independent as possible. The biggest claim of this post is a  “Cost of ownership analysis” which … Read more

MongoDB tutorial for Java EE developers

This tutorial provides a short introduction to MongoDB no-sql database and shows how to interact with it from a Java application server (JBoss AS). MongoDB (which stands for “humongous”) is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language. The database is document-oriented so it manages collections of JSON-like documents. The … Read more

Develop advanced reports on JBoss with Pentaho

Pentaho Reporting is an easy-to-use, open source, lightweight suite of Java projects built for report generation. In this tutorial we will show how you can embed Pentaho Reporting into a Web application deployed on JBoss AS. Pantaho Reporting is an advanced reporting solution which is part of the Pentaho suite. Pentaho reporting is made up of … Read more