Reacting to the popularity of J2EE™ alternatives such as Ruby on Rails and the enterprise Spring Framework, Red Hat JBoss®, Inc. developed JBoss® Seam, a new open source lightweight Java™ EE 5-based contextual application development framework. Beginning JBoss® Seam: From Novice to Professional gets you started as the first book on this popular framework.

• Introduces JSF™ and EJB™ 3 fundamentals which Seam uses and ties together
• Explains basic and advanced Seam functions and tools
• Features a functioning, in-depth demonstration so you can better learn how to use Seam