First BPEL process on RiftSaw

1. Deploy the BPEL Designer plugin
2. Follow  the instructions at http://chathuriwimalasena.blogspot.com/2009/09/developing-simple-bpel-project-with.html to create and deploy the application
3. In the Section "For 3.1.2 Designing Deployment Descriptor", in Step 2, make sure that all your files are under bpelContent folder. If not the AssociatedPort, Service and Binding appear blank.
4. Also follow the PDF at http://www.eclipse.org/resources/resource.php?id=429 to create service, port and binding.
5. To deploy, right click on "bpel-deploy.xml" and select "Make Deployable". This pops the server where you would like to deploy.(assuming that you have already configured the server).
6. I could successfully test it with SoapUI
7. Log in to the console to manage the process instances at http://localhost:8080/bpel-console. The default userid/password is admin/password

My Initial Thoughts

• Having worked on a commercial tool - Oracle SOA Suite 11g, JBoss-RiftSaw comes as a welcoming experience. At no time did I get the feeling that it was inferior to the Oracle BPEL. So, I am going to move forward to evaluate other features.