+1 Very good idea. To keep in line with other Apache products I would like it to be called Avalon Developers Kit (ADK).
On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:18, Paul Hammant wrote: > I'm speaking to lots of Open Source people about their projects and > porting to Avalon/Phoenix. In some cases they are keen on migration, in > others keen on dual mode. In all cases they don't know where to start. > Now HelloWorld is a simple example, but it's highly tied to the rest of > Cornerstone. > > I'd like to, if all are in agreement, have an even leaner demo that is > included in the phoenix project. > > It would : > > 1) only be included in Phoenix's source distribution > 2) also be a separate self contained source distibution > 3) have a build target in the parent build script that makes the child > source distribution. > > Imagine a dir in phoenix called "newbie-sample" that contains: > > readme.txt > build.bat > build.sh > build.xml (not phoenix's one) > src/java/foo/Bar.java > src/java/foo/Fred.java > src/java/foo/Wilma.java > src/javafoo/Bar.xinfo > src/conf/sample-assembly.xml > src/conf/sample-config.xml > src/conf/sample-server.xml > src/manifest/server.mf > > Imaging invoking "build sample" in Phoenix's main build script that > makes a zip that includes the above plus: > > lib\cornerstone.bar > lib\cornerstone-compilation.jar > lib\logkit.jar > lib\avalon-framework.jar > lib\avalon-excalibur-20010919.jar > lib\avalon-scratchpad-20010919.jar > lib\phoenix-client-20010922.jar > > This would allow the zip (phoenix-app-for-newbies.zip) be unzipped and > newbie to start work making a SAR compatible server application. Of > course the build.xml file would contain the bare minimum of build > targets as often people are new to Ant as well. The newbie would have > to get Ant 1.4.1 and edit the build.bat file to set ANT_HOME if they > have not installed Ant. > > Votes/Opinions please? > > - PH > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Pete --------------------------------------------------- "If you don't know where you want to go, we'll make sure you get taken." Microsoft ad slogan, translated into Japanese. --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
