I thought I was clear in my message when I wrote: "Being a Drools developer..."
But thanks Peter, anyway. Edson 2011/1/1 Peter Lin <wool...@gmail.com>: > edson is a member of drools team for those who don't know. > > > > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM, dc tech <dctech1...@gmail.com> 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 <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? 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