Thank's Edson. Will check it out. Drools seems to have come a long compared to when I last looked at it - given that you have a foot in both camps, any wisdom and guidance would much appreciated. My bias is towards Jess, perhaps since I got introduced to rules engines with the excellent Jess book but is it worth looking at Drools? I like the interactive 'protype'ability with Jess using the shell (still on 6.1). Does Drools have similar intractivity? We are developing using j jRuby (RoR) or Java.
Thanks! On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Edson Tirelli <ed.tire...@gmail.com> wrote: > May I suggest you take a look at Tohu? > > http://community.jboss.org/wiki/Tohu > > It is a small framework to do, it seems, exactly what you > described. It is built on top of Drools, but even if you prefer to > write your own framework on top of Jess, it can probably give you > ideas for your own design. Need to say, though, that I never used it > myself, so not sure how good/bad it is, but the video demo is nice. > > > Lets not forget, even the Drools reference area (and JBoss Rules / Drools > Developer Book) recommends you read: "Jess in Action: Java Rule-based > Systems" > > It is an excellent book for people that want to learn about > Rule-based Systems, so why not recommend it? :) Being a Drools > developer, I can tell you that we always had a good relationship with > the Jess community, and we have much more to gain by cooperating than > competing. That is not to detract from one engine or the other, it is > just the open source way of promoting innovation and education and > building upwards from the shoulders of the giants that came first... > :) > > Cheers and Happy New Year! > > Edson > > > 2010/12/31 dc tech <dctech1...@gmail.com>: > >>> Perhaps a little, but not greatly. .... > > Am happy to hear. Jess was my first introduction to rules engines 4-5 > years > > back but did not use it for a production system. Now we are looking to > build > > a 'guided navigation' type of app using Jess where the rules determine > what > > steps does a user need to do. I am really excited to be able to use a > rules > > engine for that type of application; I am sure many of you have built > > similar things. Will keep you posted on questions/findings/lessons. > > Not having done real development for many years, I really enjoyed using > the > > Jess shell (still v6, from the book) and actually build small prototypes > > with rules. > > Agree on the Drools making rules more accessible. > > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Socrates Frangis <soc.fran...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> > >> Agree with Donald, were on holiday. > >> > >> "Any impact from things like jBoss rules or other engines?" > >> -Perhaps a little, but not greatly. I will applaud Red Hat for > >> exposing more and more people to rule engines through open source > >> however. > >> > >> With that said, I think the many users of Jess stick with it due to > >> it's maturity and 'rule engine features' as apposed to the convenient > >> bundling of open source middle-ware. I have the feeling that many will > >> get introduced to rule engines through Drools now, but when searching > >> for something that gets the job done they will sway elsewhere. > >> > >> Lets not forget, even the Drools reference area (and JBoss Rules / > >> Drools Developer Book) recommends you read: > >> "Jess in Action: Java Rule-based Systems" > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:26 AM, dc tech <dctech1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > Rejoining the Jess community after a multi-year hiatus and notice that > >> > the > >> > mailing list has been very quiet. I am curious to see how Jess is > doing > >> > now > >> > a days? Any impact from things like jBoss rules or other engines? Is > the > >> > community still pretty active? > >> > Happy Holidays to everyone ! > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> V/R > >> -Socrates Frangis > >> -Mathematician & Software Engineer > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users y...@address.com' > >> in the BODY of a message to majord...@sandia.gov, NOT to the list > >> (use your own address!) List problems? Notify > owner-jess-us...@sandia.gov. > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users y...@address.com' > in the BODY of a message to majord...@sandia.gov, NOT to the list > (use your own address!) List problems? Notify owner-jess-us...@sandia.gov. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
