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You are probably on this page because you are new to Apache Tuscany and the technologies around which it is built and would like to get started with it.
Here is a sequence of steps that we think will help you get started
with Tuscany: -
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A brief overview about Apache Tuscany project |
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Apache Tuscany if about
providing the next generation SOA infrastructure and programming
model that : -
- enables uniform access to services implemented in heterogeneous
technologies
- enables uniform processing model for service data exchanged across
service networks
- enables uniform access to data residing in heterogeneous data
sources (RDB, XML, ...)
Tuscany achieves this by providing implementations for the following
technologies : Service Component Architecture (SCA), Service Data
Objects (SDO) and Data Access Services (DAS), respectively. Hence
there are three different technologies implemented in Apache Tuscany,
each having its own motivation. You can start with any one of them
that interests you rightaway and move to the others. |
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Understanding technologies underlying Tuscany - SCA / SDO / DAS |
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Now that you have brief idea of what
Apache Tuscany project is about, here is how to go futher: -
- First its important to get an understanding of SCA / SDO / DAS -
which ever you might choose to begin with.
The SCA and SDO
technologies are being specified by the Open SOA collaboration -
http://www.osoa.org. A good start into these technologies would be to
take a look at the following documents: -
To get an understanding of DAS take a look at
There are also other documents related to these technologies that you
can find in the 'Docs.' section of the technology specific area of
this website. Here are the links to those sections : - |
| 3 | Choose a technology (SCA/SDO/DAS) implementation, impl. language (Java / C++) and OS (Linux / Windows) |
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If you have gained a good
understanding of either SCA / SDO / DAS then its about time you got a
working feel of these technologies. First choose a platform and
language from the various flavours in which these technologies are
offered. Presently, SCA and SDO are available for Java & C++
languages and on the Windows and Linux platforms. DAS is available in
Java language and on Windows and Linux platforms. To get an understanding of these take a look at the following: - |
| 4 | Download Tuscany SCA / SDO / DAS and set it up |
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Having chosen
a technology (SCA/SDO/DAS), a language and a platform, you can
download and setup the latest releases of these from the
following links: -
Alternatively, you can also download the current source code that is
under development from the Apache Tuscany Subversion Repository and
build them yourself. For details on downloading the source and
building it go to Building Tuscany
Source Distribution |
| 5 | Try out the Samples |
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Now that you have set up
Tuscany SCA / SDO / DAS, its about time to get your hands dirtry by
trying out the samples packaged under each. Each of the samples have
a readme.html that explains the purpose of the sample i.e. what it
intends to demonstrate, how to set it up and get it running.
If you have been successful in running the samples, a good step
forward would be to modify the samples as you like and retry them to
get a feel of the Tuscany implementation of the technology (SCA / SDO
/ DAS). |
| 6 | Start using Tuscany |
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If you have reached this far, then is probably time that you built your own ground-up applications around Tuscany's infrastructures. You could also try extending the infrastructures. To guide you in this there are documentations available in the respective technology areas in this website as follows:
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