Chapter 1. Vote for JBoss
This chapter covers Installing JBoss AS Exploring the JBoss Directory Structure Starting and stopping the Server Deploying and undeploying applications
- Installing JBoss AS
- Exploring the JBoss Directory Structure
- Starting and stopping the Server
- Deploying and undeploying applications
In 2005, I (Javid) attended the Houston JBoss User Group meeting to watch a presentation on the Enterprise Java Beans 3.0 (EJB3) specification. The speaker was wearing a T-shirt with Vote for JBoss printed across the front. This was a reference to the movie Napoleon Dynamite, a cult-hit comedy in which the main character, Napoleon, a nerdy high-school student, sports a shirt with the words Vote for Pedro printed on the front to support his friend’s campaign for student-council president. Although the T-shirt was intended as a parody of popular culture, it stimulated me to think about the words Vote for JBoss more literally.
Voting is part of the democratic process, but the word also has capitalistic significance. In capitalism, people vote with their wallets; so it’s easy to vote for JBoss because it has a free, open source license, costing nothing to download, install, and use. Thousands of programmers vote for JBoss every year. As a reader of this book, you’re one of those who voted for JBoss and are probably interested in finding out more about the JBoss products and how to work with them.