Tutorials

Design The structure of Mapbuilder, a good starting place for understanding how Mapbuilder works.

Modifying the Basic Examples How to modify the basic examples in the 1.5 release.
Controlling Widget Output How to use configuration properties for widget output.
Add WMS Tutorial Adding a new WMS layer to your map.
WFS Tutorial Creating a Web Feature Service (WFS) client for feature entry.
Changing Install Directory How to install Mapbuilder into another directory sturcture.
Using template models Using template models for dynamic configuration.
Using the WebServiceRequest tool How to use the WebServiceRequest tool for generating OGC web service requests.
Using OGC Filter models How to use OGC filter expressions for generating requests.
Compressing Mapbuilder How to use the rhino compressor (/lib/util/custom_rhino.jar)
SLD Editor tutorial How to use sld editor
Using Google-layers How to add Google, Virtual Earth or Yahoo layers to a 1.5RC1+ application
Upgrading from pre-1.5 How to upgrade configurations file when updating from pre-1.5 releases.

Add Widget Tutorial Create a new Mapbuilder widget.
Add Button Tutorial Create a new Mapbuilder button (also known as a tool).
Adding a new projection A bit of information from email about adding new projections.
Add a new library How to add an external library.
Add Translations Add new translations to Mapbuilder.
Search Datasource Search a new datasource or capabilities document in the Catalog demo.

Debugging
Acceptance Tests using Selenium
Building a Web App from Scratch details the entire process of building a full map-enabled web page.

Open Web Mapping Course Notes from PennState University. Covers WMS, WFS, GML, SLD and building a Webmapping application using Geoserver and Mapbuilder.

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