Can anyone suggest any books/blogs/URLs to start learning about JBoss?
I'd like to get an overview of the architecture and get a good understanding of what JBoss can do for me and why I should use it rather than sticking with Tomcat.
A tutorial on installing, configuring and getting a hello world up and running would be great.
I looked on the JBoss site but couldn't see any n00b sections.
JBOSS is a real J2EE app server, and as such has a host of features available that are not on Tomcat. I would start by taking a look at this JavaWorld article.
In many cases, you don't need these extra features (JMS, clustering, etc).
Hi
I would highly recommend you start learning how to use J2ee containers by starting with glassfish.
I say this because the intuitive UI will allow you to concentrate on learning how to use the server rather than how to configure it. I use a number of application servers on a daily basis and can honestly say most of this things you learn from glassfish you will be able to transfer to other application servers.
Another good point about Glassfish is that it is full spec compliant and available free of charge.
Additionally the netbeans IDE also provide automatic ear creation and deployment meaning you can have a fully functional application running in seconds.
The netbeans website has a range of documentation.
Karl