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On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM, dc tech <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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 >> > <[email protected]> >> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]' >> >> in the BODY of a message to [email protected], NOT to the list >> >> (use your own address!) List problems? Notify >> >> [email protected]. >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [email protected]' >> in the BODY of a message to [email protected], NOT to the list >> (use your own address!) List problems? 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