JBoss is an open source J2EE application server that has achieved a certain amount of commercial success. In this volume Richards (a JBoss developer at JBoss Inc.) and Griffith (a software development consultant) present an example-driven guide that demonstrates the code used for installing and running JBoss, deploying an application, creating a complete application, connecting to a real database, applying security, logging, configuring persistence, managing and monitoring JBoss.