Thanks Eric, I've managed to get a much better understanding of SOA and ESB and ServiceMix after reading several online articles. I even tried the rss-binding example but it failed because I'm behind a proxy server and I can't find any info on how to configure for a proxy server. This is probably the biggest problem I personally have with ServiceMix - it's increasingly difficult to figure out how to do something or even where to look if you haven't been following ServiceMix for years. As a newbie, it's a huge pile of stuff I couldn't possiibly understand without help. For instance, almost every article talks about how to configure services, bindings, etc. but doesn't tell me how they figured out what the settings were or what things there were to configure in the first place. It's a matter of giving me a fish vs. teaching me how to fish. It seems to be a common thing in documentation these days. No one seems willing to share "how" they learned what they learned. They just share "what" one should do. It's not very effective.
Eric Düll-2 wrote: > > Hi Steven, > > there are several examples explained at the homepage... and yes, I also > had my problems > in getting the first example started. But now it works. :-) > I just can tell you what I did.. > (1) get java 1.5.. make sure, that in your classpath is 1.5 > (2) get ant... > (3) get the latest servicemix binary (!) edition. > thats it.... browse to your servicemix folder[SF] and open examples. > Nearly every example > (one in each folder) uses the same steps. > (4-1) [SF]\bin\servicemix [SF]\examples\http...\servicemix.xml > [SF] is your folder... you start servicemix and tell the engine where > your configuration file is. > Every example has its own. > (4-2) now servicemix works but in most cases its very boring just to > stare at the engine... ;-) therefore > you should start the example. Instead of typing "java myexample.class" > you will have to use the ant > command. There is a makefile in every folder that compiles your java > files to classfiles, that will > be executed automatically. Just browse into the example folder where the > makefile is located and type > "ant." > > Best practice: > Once you started your first example...browse to the servicemix homepage, > click examples, choose one of those and follow the instructions and the > online documentation. > > Eric > > > > > > Steven schrieb: >> Is there a "hello world" example out there for ServiceMix? Something >> that >> shows me in code how to work with ServiceMix. There's one for Mule and >> it >> was very helpful to me. I'm struggling with many errors - from simple >> start-up to every example thus far. I'm really bummed because the web >> docs >> seem pretty easy - yet I'm unable to get even one example to work (and >> I'm >> following the directions exactly). Unless the directions leave out >> needed >> steps, I fail to see how anyone can get it working. Why? Because I >> started >> with a fresh install of Java 1.4.2, installed ServiceMix, and it doesn't >> work on my system (for whatever reason). I'm sure it's a setup issue on >> my >> system, but I'm stuck on what it might be. Still, ServiceMix looks cool >> enough to continue the struggle. >> >> >> > > -- > Eric Düll > > Innovations GmbH http://www.innovations.de > Ziegelei 7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > D-88090 Immenstaad Tel: 0 75 45 / 202-332 > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Hello-World-tf2087343.html#a6305900 Sent from the ServiceMix - User forum at Nabble.com.
