Hi, they are all correct actually. RIFE doesn't have a fixed file structure, all the resources are by default looked up through the classpath, so you're free to setup your files any way you like. This has several advantages, most notably that you can package your files in jars or on the file system and that as far as RIFE is concerned, there is no difference. The LiveGuide is relatively old indeed and you contains a lot of low-level information. I hope to find some time one day to rewrite it in the spirit of the improvements that have been made over the last 4 years. As it is now, you only need to look at it if you need to understand the fundamental principles. Most of the times however, the information in the cookbook and the examples is the best way to get started.
The examples show different approaches, there are for instance some of them that don't use XML at all, if that's what takes your fancy (for instance http://rifers.org/09_stateful_counters/src/). If you want more detailed examples, you can download any of the projects here http://svn.rifers.org/, I generally tend to gear people towards javapaste, blablalist or ecalendar as those are the most recent projects that have been created. I agree that there should be an A to Z resource, which would probably have to be a book. I've received many offers for that, but sadly never could find the time to commit to one ... it could still happen though. In the meantime the cookbook is your best friend (http://rifers.org/wiki/display/RIFE/Cook+Book) and of course the mailing list archives. Hope this helps, Geert On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:23 AM, aagha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm finding a stark difference between the LiveGuide setup > descriptions and the actual setup in the downloadable examples. > > For example, in "Laying out the structure" (http://rifers.org/wiki/ > display/RIFE/GuideNumberguess) the example refrences three XML files > in the elements folder, start.xml, guess.xml, and success.xml. If, > however, I look at rife-examples-1.6.1-jdk15\03_numberguess\, these > files don't exist anywhere in that archive. I'm finding this > disconnect is making it difficult for me to learn the subtelties and > purposes of different files, folders, etc. Is this a known issue? > > I did my first RIFE example manually coding the NewsItem video (I know > the code was available for download but wanted to get a hang of it for > myself) and that example worked great. It was, however, not "broad" > enough for me to learn about flow control, templates, etc. I was > hoping to get this by just going through the entire LiveGuide, but > with the inconsitancies mentioned above (there are more as you move on > through the LiveGuide) I'm having a tough time just picking up the > basics. > > Any suggestions on a comprehensive approach to learning RIFE from A to > Z? > > > -- Geert Bevin Terracotta - http://www.terracotta.org Uwyn "Use what you need" - http://uwyn.com RIFE Java application framework - http://rifers.org Music and words - http://gbevin.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "rife-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rife-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
