User developers. There are plenty of those around who just want a quickstart. Which about a week ago was what everyone was talking about I think. (the days blend together, it could have been 2 days ago, or yesterday even anymore)
Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Is this meant for JBoss developers (those that contribute to JBoss) or for >User developers (those that use JBoss to run there J2EE/JMX applications)? > >--jason > > >On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Allen Fogleson wrote: > >>The "problem" here is that the quickstart is meant to show developers >>how to get started fast. I believe this was the first concern of those >>asking for the demo apps. There is already the petstore app running on >>Jboss to show full E-Commerce style abilities. Im not against donating a >>full app mind you, I just think that the work behind it could be better >>spent developing several smaller apps (in the spirit of tomcats >>"examples" webapp) . >> >>My thinking here is twofold. >> >> 1) the purpose of a quickstart is to get developers up and running >>quickly. A full blown application wont really do this. Plus it fits in >>more to the model of the inexpensive documentation. Where the small apps >>fit in with the free docs part. >> >> 2) A full app would only assist some places in "selling" Jboss to a >>limited audience. I had meetings with 2 prospective clients in the past >>week and both have asked ME about Jboss. Granted it is on my resume and >>such as a technology I have used, but these people knew what it was. One >>in fact wondered why they didnt use jboss instead of weblogic >>(Especially after I told him about the features that will be in 3.0) >>Sorry BEA, you guys might lose that one :) >> >>Im not against helping out on a full application as I said before, but I >>think the initial thrust should be in the direction of a quickstart kind >>of thing. These are not really intensely documented apps, but more along >>the lines of little examples that show how to use (at least at a basic >>level) Jboss 3. >> >>I actually like the model Marc is using now. It makes sense to me. I >>like the idea that even though I am willing to submit stuff for free, >>when it comes to the more advanced stuff there might be some renumeration. >> >>Al >> >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>I've been doing a few hours of thinking and came to a conclusion for a demo >>>app. >>> >>>Would anyone like to assist me in creating an E-Bay style bidding >>>application? >>> >>>James Hicks >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Jboss-development mailing list >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Jboss-development mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development >> > _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development
