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Java EE 6 brings a lot new features. Among the others there is the concept of profiles. Java EE starts with the definition of two: Full and Web Profile. The idea is to create separate and more specialized set of services that better suits your job. E.g. if you only want to use Servlets, JSP and add some EJB’s – do you really need full-blown application server with JMS, JMX, CORBA, JAX-WS and a lot of other abbreviations?...

When you create a deployment using Arquillian (great test runner for testing your Java EE code in the container of your choice: jBoss, Glassfish, OpenEJB, … either in embedded, managed or remote mode) remember that the name of the deployment archive file is the exact filename that will be executed in the container. It does make a difference if you use *.war or *.jar for your deployment, so beware the following construct if it’s not exactly what you intended to do:...