A new version of the Snowdrop example Sportsclub is available. This new example demonstrates how to build a Spring application for deployment on JBoss EAP without the previously needed Snowdrop support. If you are using Snowdrop, this example and supporting documentation provides a demonstration of how to migrate your applications off Snowdrop. The new Sportsclub example can be found in the jboss-wfk-2.7.0-snowdropless-demo.zip file.

Autocomplete functionality has been added to the rich:select component. This provides RichFaces users with the capability to do object-based autocomplete features, just as for the RichFaces 3 rich:suggestionbox component. Text-based autocomplete is still provided through the rich:autocomplete component.

The contacts-mobile-basic quickstart did not accept non-US phone numbers when adding or editing a contact, with the message "Please use a standard US formats. And remember the area code and prefix may not start with 1." The quickstart functionality has been extended to allow and validate international phone numbers. A new international phone number jQuery library was included to provide the needed support.

The rich:push component now leverages websockets where available and otherwise falls back to long-polling. Websockets are available in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 and later but they must be explicitly enabled in the server configuration as detailed in the JBoss EAP documentation.

A subset of the JBoss Web Framework Kit Included Components and Tested Frameworks are certified with Java Runtime Environment 8 as follows:

Note that the certification is limited to Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3 and Oracle Java Standard Edition 8.

Spring 4 was supported for use with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.3.x in the last JBoss Web Framework Kit release but not all features were supported, including WebSocket protocol. As of this JBoss Web Framework Kit release, the WebSocket protocol is supported for use.

Developer experience materials are available freely from http://www.jboss.org/developer-materials on the JBoss Developer website, in addition to the Red Hat Customer Portal for subscription holders. Developer materials include quickstarts, archetypes, the TicketMonster extended example, and BOMs.