Chapter 2. JBoss AS Tools
In this chapter, we will discuss the main steps that will offer us a functional environment for developing, running, and testing J2EE applications by using the Eclipse IDE, JBoss Tools, and a J2EE Application Server. The first and one of the most important things is to understand how to connect a J2EE Application Server with the Eclipse IDE, through the JBoss AS plug-in. After you successfully accomplish this task, we will see a brief description of creating and deploying J2EE applications on the chosen server.
Note
In this book, we recommend that you to use the JBoss AS (version 4.2), which is a free J2EE Application Server that can be downloaded from http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads/ (complete documentation can be downloaded from http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/docs/).