So do those screencasts Jenn! Nice work!
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Jennifer Barnabee <[email protected]> wrote: > The new web site looks awesome!!! > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Matt Gilman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Jenn's screencasts are linked to in the updated website which should be >> live later today! >> >> Matt >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Jennifer Barnabee < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > We have the screencasts I did [1] - in case that helps. >> > >> > [1] >> > https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHre9pIBAgc4e-tiq9OIXkWJX8bVXuqlG >> > >> > -Jenn >> > >> > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Dan Bress <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> > > I agree, while NiFi has a lot of magic under the covers, the most >> > > impressive thing to new people is how easy you can configure and >> control >> > > that magic via the UI. I think showing off this capability as soon as >> > > possible is the best way to attract new users. >> > > >> > > If there was a way to have a live demo linked from the site, or even >> just >> > > an image/movie showing how easy it is to add processors, link them >> > together >> > > and quickly have a working dataflow, I think people would understand >> the >> > > benefits of NiFi more quickly. >> > > >> > > Dan Bress >> > > Software Engineer >> > > ONYX Consulting Services >> > > >> > > ________________________________________ >> > > From: Matt Gilman <[email protected]> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 10:08 AM >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Re: From apache nifi (incubating) site to running nifi in >> fewest >> > > clicks... >> > > >> > > For those with OSX we could make the latest convenience binaries >> > available >> > > with homebrew [1]. I needed to test something using ActiveMQ last week >> > and >> > > found it available there. Two commands and I had a running instance >> > locally >> > > (with default settings), but we could certainly do something similar. >> > > >> > > [1] http://brew.sh/ >> > > >> > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Joe Witt <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > > All, >> > > > >> > > > Yesterday I had a chance to talk to a really cool startup with >> awesome >> > > > developers who gave some great feedback on nifi. One of the things >> > > > they mentioned was how much they loved the UI. In fact they said if >> > > > they hadn't seen the reference to the UI they would have said >> > > > 'interesting' and moved on but not really followed up. >> > > > >> > > > The point they made is we should make it as easy as possible to get >> > > > from landing on the apache nifi webpage to having an up and running >> > > > instance of NiFi for them to get to start playing with the UI. >> > > > >> > > > I'd like to put this out there to get a sense of how people see this >> > > > being most effectively done. >> > > > >> > > > They mentioned Vagrant. We've also had some folks mention and >> > > > contribute references to docker images. Other ideas might be >> > > > providing a live/running site where people could just immediately >> > > > start gaining familiarity with nifi. >> > > > >> > > > Each of these have different pros/cons and it is unclear how to do >> > > > these in apache effective ways. >> > > > >> > > > Look forward to ideas you all may have or thoughts on what other >> > > > effective approaches projects have taken. >> > > > >> > > > Thanks >> > > > Joe >> > > > >> > > >> > >>
