[rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-21 Thread Sebastien Chevalier
Dear Drools community:Being new to rule-based systems, I've read some introductory materials on this  paradigm's concepts where I was led to some rule engine Java implementations, your product seeming the most interesting to me at the moment.  Concerning RBMSs, in general, and Drools, in particular

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-24 Thread plugtreelabs
Sebastien 1. Will Drools be appropriate for such a *web* app, or too heavy-weight for it? It depends on the amount of flexibility you need for that app. Implementing drools in an application is not complex nor heavyweight but is an investment nevertheless. Regarding your question to use th

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-26 Thread Sebastien Chevalier
@plugtreelabs: First of all, thank you very much for your response and hints. @all: As I'm still not quire sure how to realize my scenario: Please, could someone provide me with some diagrams or architectural sketches of a typical rules-based e-commerce web application? -- Or at least point me t

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-26 Thread Leonardo Gomes
It's pretty old, but you've got some architectural diagrams here: http://www.infoq.com/articles/Rule-Engines On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Sebastien Chevalier < sebastien.cheval...@web.de> wrote: > > @plugtreelabs: First of all, thank you very much for your response and > hints. > > @all: As

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-26 Thread Jeffrey Schneller
al Message- From: rules-users-boun...@lists.jboss.org [mailto:rules-users-boun...@lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Sebastien Chevalier Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:28 AM To: rules-users@lists.jboss.org Subject: Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario? @plugtreelabs: Fi

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-27 Thread Sebastien Chevalier
Dear Jeff: First, thank you very much for your quick reply. Concerning your StoneSide shop, yes indeed this is pretty much the functionality that I target, and it is a proof that it works well for a *web* app. If I got it right, you used a pure *server*-centric rules-based architecture based on

Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario?

2011-01-28 Thread Jeffrey Schneller
Chevalier Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:10 AM To: rules-users@lists.jboss.org Subject: Re: [rules-users] Is Drools appropriate for this app scenario? Dear Jeff: First, thank you very much for your quick reply. Concerning your StoneSide shop, yes indeed this is pretty much the functionality that I