On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 22:22 +0100, Paolo Castagna wrote: > Wouldn't be easier to provide a JenaHelloWorld example for people to > checkout/download. > > Then the tutorial becomes: > > svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/jena/Jena2/jena-example/trunk > jena-example > or download jena-example.zip from somewhere > > Eclipse > Import > Existing Project into Worskspace
No it doesn't. The value of that tutorial is that it helps set up Jena for use in your Eclipse. So setting up Jena as a User Library, understanding how to create a project etc are important. Just downloading a prebuilt project wouldn't cut it. > I find tutorials with a lot of screen shots annoying if they have too > many screen shots. (And they are expensive to maintain for the editor) > If there is a short-cut, I prefer that than a long sequence of press > button here and there. With respect, you are not the target audience! Re-read the user post which prompted me to respond with a link to Ian's tutorial and ask yourself if that person needed a tutorial which is very much step-by-step with pictures. > Also, it's difficult to draw a line between Eclipse and Jena... is it > a tutorial on Jena or on how to use Eclipse? ;-) How to set up Jena for use in Eclipse for rather inexperienced users. Dave
