cool : ) On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:44 PM, S. Ali Tokmen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hello, Geronimo enthusiasts > > This is S. Ali Tokmen from the Codehaus CARGO team. I had sent another > e-mail about one and a half years back, and now I'd like to announce you > the immediate availability of CARGO 1.2.4. > > First question, what is CARGO? CARGO is an open source application that > can start, stop, configure and deploy applications as well as configuration > files on many, many Java server containers. CARGO is available as a simple > Java library, a set of ANT tasks as well as a Maven2 plugin. > > Of course, Geronimo is part of the servers supported by CARGO... In > detail, supported versions include: > > - Geronimo 1.x <http://cargo.codehaus.org/Geronimo+1.x> series (1.1.1 > exactly) > - Geronimo 2.x <http://cargo.codehaus.org/Geronimo+2.x> (CARGO > currently passes all its tests on Geronimo 2.1.8) > - And, with CARGO version 1.2.4, the latest Geronimo > 3.x<http://cargo.codehaus.org/Geronimo+3.x> > > Second question, what would you need CARGO for? Well, typical use cases > for CARGO are: > > - *Functional and integration testing on a real server environment*: > indeed, CARGO can be used to download, configure, start and stop Geronimo > and also to deploy all your datasources and applications to it; so you can > do real-world tests. > - JUnit lovers: See our short article showing you how to configure, > start and stop one of the many application servers supported by CARGO > with > your application in order to run your real-world tests on > http://cargo.codehaus.org/Functional+testing > - Maven2 users: Try out the CARGO archetypes that show you how to > integrate server-based testing in your Maven2 builds: > http://cargo.codehaus.org/Maven2+Archetypes > - *Multi-server testing*: since CARGO uses the exact same API whether > you use Geronimo or any other server, you can reuse the exact same > configuration to test your application on different servers. > - The list of supported servers and features supported on each > server can be found on http://cargo.codehaus.org/Containers > - *Automated deployment*: CARGO supports remote deployment on many > servers (unfortunately, Geronimo is not yet supported but we're working on > it). > - ... and more > > For more information, please visit http://cargo.codehaus.org/ > > -- > > S. Ali Tokmenhttp://ali.tokmen.com/ > > GSM (ch): +41 79 207 29 22 [Swisscom] > GSM (fr): +33 7 70 10 33 79 [Virgin Mobile] > GSM (tr): +90 555 266 52 73 [Avea] > > My AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger and Yahoo IM > contact details are on http://contact.ali.tokmen.com > > -- Shawn
