> > > For new users, I think offering a couple of Maven archetypes would be > useful,
Agree here, and not just for new users. Over in Rio land I just spent a considerable time & effort to move from an Ant based project to a Maven project, and along the way created a Rio archetype (and other mojos) that provide complete project generation, including service source, test cases and configuration. Basically after running the archetype your service is up and running in moments. If interested you can take a look here http://www.rio-project.org/rio-archetype.html and here http://www.rio-project.org/plugin-intro.html). It would also be great if River could provide assistance in testing services, making it easy to build & test. IMO, there should be no reason why developers that may want to use River should have to figure out how to bootstrap their test environment. The test harness is part of the project, but how would developers use it as part of their development process? Regards Dennis
