Bruce,
I've created a first tutorial, a guided tour of starting, installing,
deploying and testing a first application and, more importantly, a quick
introduction some JBI concepts (service assembly, service unit, ...). It
isn't completely done yet, but it already shows the intention. Is this what
you had in mind?
For the second tutorial, I would like to focus on the Maven tooling and
archetypes. Any suggestions on that topic?
Regards,
Gert
bsnyder wrote:
>
> On 5/29/07, Gert Vanthienen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> L.S.,
>>
>>
>> After having followed the user mailing list for a while, it seems that
>> it's quite a steep learning curve to get started with ServiceMix.
>> I would like to add a tutorial or getting started guide to the website,
>> just guiding a new user through the existing documentation and trying to
>> explain some key concepts on the way. Something like...
>> # starting the container and connect to it using JMX
>> # installing some components and deploying e.g. the wsdl-first example
>> [to explain e.g. components, service assembly, service unit]
>> # building a simple SA, e.g. re-using the 'File binding' page [to
>> explain about the maven archetypes]
>> # building e.g. the protocol bridge example to explain about message
>> exchange patterns, routing, ...
>>
>> Would this be a worthwhile addition or are there other areas in the
>> documentation that need work more urgently? Are there any other topics
>> to include in this guided tour?
>
> Very nice work Gert! I'm excited that someone else is interested to
> help develop more docs - yay!
>
> There are certainly a lot of concepts with which you must be familiar
> in order to dive in. I had to explain this to a friend recently and he
> was quite overwhelmed at first.
>
> I have had this task in mind for some time and I just haven't had the
> time to spend on it yet. I wrote the hello world tutorials on building
> components and those are still not 100% complete :-( - if only there
> were 30 hours in a day! So, yes, yes - let's create some simple
> tutorials to help folks get started!
>
> What I've had in mind is a Getting Started Guide - a set of exercises
> to help users become familiar with ServiceMix, including ActiveMQ, in
> the most expedient manner possible. I'd like to provide a five minute
> version and then much more detailed version, keeping in mind that they
> must be from a user's perspective, not a developer of ServiceMix.
>
> The most basic tutorials are the most in demand right now such as,
> starting ServiceMix, deploying and testing some of the examples, how
> to send test messages using SoapUI and otherwise, walking users
> through a step-by-step tutorial of building their own flow using
> components that come with ServiceMix.
>
> Before diving right in without a plan, let's at least outline the
> exercises we would like to create. That way work on different
> exercises can take place concurrently and nobody is hindered by
> another exercises level of completion. Below is a suggested list:
>
> 1) Starting SMX
> 2) Explain components (e.g., explain and demo both types from a *user*
> perspective)
> 3) Using JMX with SMX via Jconsole (e.g., poke around a bit)
> 4) Explain and run SMX examples (e.g., explain how to deploy and how
> the flow through SUs works)
> 5) Developing and testing your own SUs (e.g., this should be broken up
> into multiple exercises that build upon one another so that we take
> users through a progression that becomes more complex as they go)
>
> This is just a five minute brain dump - let's work on this together
> via the wiki.
>
> Bruce
> --
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>
> Apache Geronimo - http://geronimo.apache.org/
> Apache ActiveMQ - http://activemq.org/
> Apache ServiceMix - http://servicemix.org/
> Castor - http://castor.org/
>
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