Hi Amit I appreciate Merlin more and more as I gradually learn more and more, but I recognize the situation you are just describing.
1. I suggest the vocabulary of Merlin be simplified. Some of the naming is pretty difficult to understand. For example, I could not associate "commissioning and decommissioning" with anything until I looked up dictionary and then digged into the implementation of Merlin. Another example is that it is not easy for an end user differentiate block.xml and config.xml? 2. The current documentation builds up on a very formal and difficult language. Furthermore, the documentation is too short. A more relaxed formulation and few extra lines in each document would greatly simplify the documentation. Best Regards -- Nader Aeinehchi Aasenhagen 66 E 2020 Skedsmokorset NORWAY Direct and Mobile +47 41 44 29 57 Tel (private): +47 64 83 09 08 Fax +47 64 83 08 07 www.aeinehchi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amit Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Avalon Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 4:16 PM Subject: Merlin vocabulary? > Hi, > > I am interested in understanding Merlin design (and implementation). > I understand server design fundamentals but am not familiar with Avalon > container and component terminologies etc. > > I am interesting in understanding Merlin design and implementation > before we (our company) decide on possible adoption of the framework. > > But lack of structured design documents explaining various concepts > is severely hampering my progress (and hence adoption of Merlin). > > I have read all that's available on Merlin/Apache's website and also > looked at Google results for Merlin etc... Have been following the > discussion thread "Avalon Framework Design" and have checked > out http://wiki.apache.org/avalon/AvalonDiagrams too..But all this > didn't help me understand the code to a level, from where I can > start feeling "at home" with Merlin/Avalon core sources. > > Can someone point me to any document (or source of information) > which you find useful for explaining overall design of Merlin/Apache > Framework to relative "newbies". > > And finally, recent comments from "Ole Bulbuk" are scaring me off > Merlin/Avalon.. Would love to hear any success stories (in commercial > deployments) from the community. > > Thanks, > Amit Gupta > > > Fiorano MailServer > All incoming and outgoing mails are scanned for Virus and Spam > http://www.fiorano.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
