Part of the existing system at work uses jBPM, and a new module I need to put together needs it. However, I have no idea where to start on learning how to work with it.
I have access to JBoss 4 on the server, and whatever I’d need to do local development. I have no experience with anything JBoss, whether it be the server, jBPM, etc.
The only thing similar to a tutorial I can find is the user manual, which seems to assume that you have a working knowledge of a lot more than I do to be able to put it to use. I’ve also never used Ant (aside from running some pre-made build scripts from within an IDE) or JHibernate, which both seem to be important for me to understand it.
I’m being given about a week to learn everything I can about it.
What would be a good starting point, either a book or a website, for me to learn how to use JBoss and co.?
You can read jBPM Developer Guide by Mauricio Salatino . Well written book for JBPM 3.2.
For JBPM 4.4, you can read Spring Enterprise Recipe, just one chapter for JBPM 4.4 there.