JBoss 系列七十一：jBPM 6 发布，快速安装，新功能介绍
概述
jBPM 6.0 最终版已与上月底发布，本文主要从两个方面去介绍jBPM 6.0 ：
- 快速安装
- 新功能介绍
快速安装
快速安装包括如下三步：
下载安装包
从http://sourceforge.net/projects/jbpm/files/jBPM%206/jbpm-6.0.0.Final/选择下载jbpm-6.0.0.Final-installer-full.zip，解压，解压完成生成jbpm-installer目录。
安装
到jbpm-installer目录下执行ant命令：
ant install.demo
ant命令执行完成jBPM 6.0安装完成。注意，安装过程包括：
- 安装 JBoss AS 7.1.1
- 安装 Eclipse
- 安装 jbpm-console 等到JBoss AS 7.
- 安装 Drools & jBPM Eclipse plugin到Eclipse
jbpm-console warjbpm-console warjbpm-console warjbpm-console warjbpm-console warjbpm-console war
我们可以通过如下命令启动jBPM 6：
ant start.demo
这将会启动如下服务：
- 启动 H2数据库
- 启动 JBoss AS 7
- 启动 Eclipse
注意，我们也可以不启动Eclipse，这样通过如下命令来启动jBPM 6：
ant start.demo.noeclipse
安装完成测试
安装完成我们可以通过http://localhost:8080/jbpm-console来访问，页面访问是所需要的用户名/密码为admin/admin。登录成功会出现如下界面：
jBPM 6新功能介绍
我们通过如下7个方面介绍jBPM 6新功能
- Full project lifecycle support
- Multi-view working environment
- Git based repositories
- Simulate your processes
- Form Modeler
- Data Modeler
- Dashboard Builder
Full project lifecycle support
You can now author, test, build, deploy, and manage your projects and their content from one place.
Multi-view working environment
Increase your productivity by customizing your workspace, and easily flip between working files without re-opening.
Git based repositories
Repositories are now based on git, one of the most popular version controls systems available.
Simulate your processes
You can now simulate your business processes with various times and variables to thoroughly test for areas of improvement.
Form Modeler
You can now design forms to capture and display information during process task execution, without needing any coding or template markup skills.
Data Modeler
This new authoring tool will allow you to create business entities and link them into your processes and rules.
Dashboard Builder
Powerful tooling for the visual composition of fully customizable business dashboards which may be feed with data coming from heterogeneous sources of information.