Howdy, We have a ton of quickstarts already: https://github.com/jboss-switchyard/quickstarts I don't think they relate 1:1 to the type of thing we would do for JDF, but I think they can be used as source materials to create something better. My two main beefs with our project quickstarts at the moment: - Original use cases for examples are tough to come by and people tend to copy and paste the same example artifacts. - They tend to be very focused on a particular feature being demonstrated vs. a showcase of the project.

I think the JDF stuff for SOA should have some business relevance with original examples and demonstration of multiple aspects of the platform working together. There was a home loan demo for SOA P 5 that we could do in SY/SOA 6 with no problem whatsoever.

I'm not a huge fan of archetypes in general, but I think they can be very useful if they represent a common pattern or practice. For example, SOAP proxying is something that happens quite a bit in SOA land and an archetype which spits out an application based on that template could be valuable.

cheers, keith On Apr 11, 2013, at 12:32 PM, Pete Muir <pmuir(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > Hi all, > > Kenny has offered to help out getting the SOA-P quickstarts into shape - making sure they are consistent with those we have for EAP etc. > > From our side, Sande and Rafael can both help you, as can I. The best way to get help is to join #jboss-jdf on freenode. > > A few resources to start with: > > * Contribution guide - https://github.com/jboss-jdf/jboss-as-quickstart/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md - cover lots of stuff like code formatting > * For those with access - overall developer experience requirements - https://docspace.corp.redhat.com/docs/DOC-136011 > * QSTools - Rafael, please provide the link - this tool automates many of the checks we do on quickstarts > > In general, one of our big requirements is that there are a lot of comments in the code, this is often the most laborious area, and hopefully one where Kenny can really help, as he knows about the subject :-) > > The goal here is to get any quickstarts that we have on the SOA-P side ready for inclusion in JDF, and also to identify any gaps we may have, and find volunteers to work on those. > > It's also worth thinking about an archetype or two for SOA-P at the same time. Rafael's QSTools is able to generate archetypes from quickstarts, so it's really just a case of identifying which quickstart(s) to base it on. > > Finally, I should mention that do want to focus on SOA-P here, not on the upstream projects. > > Kev, Keith, could you respond with what you know we have in SOA-P land today, and where Kenny et al can start to take a look? > > Pete