Seam talk as presented to the Columbia Maryland Java Users Group

1. Seam
The Web App Integration Hub
Doug Schnelzer
May 10, 2012

2. A Web Integration Hub
GWT
Seam
Web Services
JMS

3. It's All About Context
• Seam 2 - a response to Ruby on Rails
• Created by Gavin King
• Eliminated the need for JSF Backing Beans
by creating a context across JSF and EJB3
JSF EJB3

4. Then He Made It a
Standard
• CDI, JSR-299 Made Bi-jection a core part of
Java EE 6
• Many of the best parts of Seam 2 are not
standard (javax...) parts of Java EE6

5. Seam 2 to Seam 3
• Seam 3's Core is standard CDI

6. But Wait, There's More

7. If You're Not Testing It...
• Then why are you going to all this trouble?
• A good architecture should
o Be testable
o Reduce complexity
o Be flexibility
o Be easy to share
o All the Above

8. Arquillian and Seam?
• Arquillian provides functional and regression
testing to Seam applications

9. Best Practices
• Maven
• Automated Testing
• Continuous Integration
• Continuous Deployment
• Forge
• JBoss Tools

10. Let's Check Out Some
Examples

11. Questions???