I'm not a complete app-server 'Ludite' (sp?) but I do find it quite informative
putting together
applications by hand and I believe that you can obtain valuable experience in not only
J2ee but
the appserver as well. I've pressed gui buttons on the RI, EA Server, and WebLogic -
and yes it is
easy but not very informative as to the underlying structure. For me, anyway, to get
the most out
of Orion, I've had to do things like, oh, read the various specs, etc. Very valuable.
Even more so
if you NEED to read them!
Anyway - I am sure that the Orion GUI tools will be much more mature as time passes
and we can all
happily press buttons...
Cheers
--- Kemp Randy-W18971 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> GUI tools? Give the guys at Orion some time, and I am sure they will
> develop some, or perfect the existing ones. Same goes with the open source
> projects. They just need some time to mature.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Shea [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:41 PM
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: Re: What documentation?
>
>
> Today, Danut Prisacaru ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Well, I still have the same problems and I am asking the same question:
> why
> > is not possible to use a GUI tool to specify all I want for deploying my
> > application? Why do I need to go into the application-deployments folder
> > and modify what Orion has alredy deployed. If you are stuck and still do
> > not get go and play with Sun's RI or WebLogic and ypu will udnerstand what
> > I mean.
>
> The same thing was bothering me, because having to modify orion's
> deployment descriptors was getting old.
> It turns out that you can make the orion web, ejb, and application
> deployment documents be part of your distribution.
> I create simplified versions that have just the stuff I care about
> in them, for instance:
>
> <orion-application
> autocreate-tables="false"
> treat-zero-as-null="false"
> >
> </orion-application>
>
> By putting these into the appropriate places in your .ear or
> directory heirarchy, orion will find them and incorporate the
> information you specify in them into the final deployment
> descriptor that lives in the application-deployment directory.
> It's pretty slick.
>
> Hope that's useful.
>
> Gary
>
> >
> > Speaking about documentation and RFM please go into
> > "orion-application.xml.html" and read this:
> >
> > "The deployment info for a J2EE-application. Manually created or
> > automatically produced when auto-deploying a J2EE-application (.ear). It
> > extends and substitutes the assembly info found in the "
> >
> > Where is the rest of the sentence?
> >
> > Sayonara!
> > Danut
>
>
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