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Screencast #WS6 showed how to configure GlassFish in Eclipse IDE. With GlassFish v3 TP2, the plug-in is also updated. Here are snapshots showing how easy it is to install GlassFish in Eclipse. The snapshots follow the steps outlined in screencast #ws6 anyway.

Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers and install. Check the version …

… add a new server (in order to install GlassFish adapter) …

… click on “Download additional server adapters” …

… select “GlassFish Java EE 5 Server” adapter …

… click on “Next >” and follow the steps …

… the IDE restarts after adapter installation is complete. While the IDE is restarting, download GlassFish v3 TP2 and unzip (single zip for multiple platforms). After the IDE is restarted, add a new server (following the steps above) and filter on “glassfish” …

… click on “Next >” and select the location of GlassFish v3 TP2 installation …

… click on “Finish” to see the following window …

… click on sideways white triangle in green circle to start GlassFish and see the output console as …

See how GlassFish starts up in less than 1 sec – and it is modular (OSGi compliant), embedable (run in-VM) and extensible (non-Java apps).

And as Ludo reported, it also runs in embedded mode.

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