A User Group for Rule Based Systems

Why the fuss ?

Eclipse is easy to use and the drools plugin is available in an update site, so why all the fuss ?

I am an Eclipse guy by trade, and I've found lots of combinations of Eclipse and Drools Eclipse Plugins that just don't work together, including the current Eclipse download and the current Drools Eclipse Plugin Update Site. So I figure if I've had that much problem getting something to work, so would the average person.

So I set it all up for you in several flavors here. Pick the best for you.

Can I pass on all this stuff and just use the CD at the meeting ?

Yes. Read no further :)

Everything you need is here:

There are three basic download packages for you depending on how much of a novice you are and how much you want done for you.

1. Everything - already set up for the novice (150 meg)
   • docs
   • workspace
   • Eclipse
   • Drools plugin
   • Subversion plugin
2. Everything but Eclipse, for the developer who wants to use his own Eclipse 3.3.2 but is not a drools developer (45 meg)
   • docs
   • workspace
   • Drools Eclipse Plugin for 3.3.2
3. Just the project, for the drools developer
4. Or, pick it up yourself from our own subversion repository at http://svn.dallasrulesgroup.org/code4meetings/
   

For the Novice (or even just lazy developer who doesn't want to pollute his Eclipse):

If you are a total novice and/or want to download Eclipse already running with everything you need, download this package:

http://dallasrulesgroup.org/files/drg080605.zip

You will need to change the properties file of the shortcut to eclipse in two places, which is hard coded to my hard drive. Other than that you should be able to fire it up and it will be ready to go.

The part of the shortcut that is wrong is in red below, fix that to point at your hard drive after you unzip this:

C:\Users\petecarapetyan\Desktop\drg080605\eclipse\eclipse.exe -data "C:\Users\petecarapetyan\Desktop\drg080605\workspace"

This should launch eclipse up with everything you need, and you're ready to go.

For the Eclipse Developer:

Download this package and install the plugin and features directory of the drools plugins right over your 3.3.2 Eclipse. NO OTHER ECLIPSE VERSIONS WERE TESTED WITH THIS PLUGIN This is noteable, given how interedependent this plugin is with some of the others plugins in Eclipse.

http://dallasrulesgroup.org/files/drg080605withoutEclipse.zip

You will also need to point to the workspace included in this folder, and you would need to have subversive or subclipse installed for further updates in the code base.

To install Subclipse, here is the update site:  http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.2.x/

For the Drools Developer:

All you need is the project, download that here or go to this subversion site and get it.