[wildfly-dev] Re: Create a "get started" page on WildFly.org

On 9 Aug 2023, at 15:17, Darran Lofthouse <darran.lofthouse(a)jboss.com&gt; wrote: Some of the aims I had with the archetype were: Removing the need to install WildFly Being able to have a new project running and in a container in less that 120 seconds (excluding maven download times) starting with just Java and Maven installed locally. Eliminating any configuration of the application server just to get started. Leaving the user with a local project that they can start their own development straight away without needing to unravel anything added they don't need. On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 3:10 PM Ranabir Chakraborty <rchakrab(a)redhat.com <mailto:rchakrab@redhat.com>> wrote: > Hello Jeff, > > A few years back at the time of WildFly 24, I have written an article about "Getting started with WildFly"[1] which is currently on opensource.com <http://opensource.com/>;, Though we had several updates and also the same with jdk and maven versions, but the content is still somewhat similar. Just from a content point of view, maybe it can help us with a simple getting started. Let me know if I can help with the content. > > [1] https://opensource.com/article/21/7/wildfly > ~ > Ranabir Chakraborty > Software Engineer (JBoss SET) > <https://red.ht/sig> > > > On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 3:07 PM Jeff Mesnil <jmesnil(a)redhat.com <mailto:jmesnil@redhat.com>> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We are evaluating how we could improve the user experience for using WildFly and one of the idea is to create a « Get Started » page on wildfly.org <http://wildfly.org/> that would be an entry point for users that wants to try WildFly. >> >> This would be useful not only for new users (that have no previous knowledge of WildFly) but also existing users to let them understand the more recent ways to use WildFly. >> >> The expectation for this page would be simple: >> >> * no knowledge of WildFly required >> * Few prerequisites: >> * Java & Maven installed >> * Few steps: >> * Step 1: create a Maven project (using WildFly archetypes, more on that below) >> * Step 2: run mvn package >> * Step 3: run ./targer/server/bin/standalone.sh >> * Step 4: verify the application is up and running >> * Next steps >> * the page should link to next logical steps after getting started with WildFly (eg deploy on Kubernetes, secure WildFly, etc.) >> >> This page would provide a good user experience and rely on the WildFly archetype to bootstrap all the « plumbing » that needs to be done to setup WildFly so that the users can focus on "their » code. >> >> We already have WildFly archetypes[1] but there are opportunities for a simpler one which focus on that user experience. >> Darran is already working on such one[2] that takes advantage of the wildfly-maven-plugin to provision WildFly so that everything is controlled from the project pom.xml >> >> Having a good archetype would also make sure that this "getting started" page is always up to date with the latest release of WildFly (as we update the archetype for every new release of WildFly). >> For a quick review of Darran’s PR[3], we are not far from being able to release it and build on top of it for this « get started » page. >> We can already start working on this page and create its shell while polishing up the archetype. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Best regards, >> jeff >> >> >> [1] https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.wildfly.archetype >> [2] https://issues.redhat.com/browse/WFLY-17651 >> [3] https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly-archetypes/pull/26 <https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly-archetypes/pull/26/commits/16a596b6d26... >> -- >> Jeff Mesnil >> Engineer @ Red Hat JBoss EAP >> http://jmesnil.net/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> wildfly-dev mailing list -- wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:wildfly-dev@lists.jboss.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wildfly-dev-leave(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:wildfly-dev-leave@lists.jboss.org> >> Privacy Statement: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/privacy-policy >> List Archives: https://lists.jboss.org/archives/list/wildfly-dev@lists.jboss.org/message... _______________________________________________ wildfly-dev mailing list -- wildfly-dev(a)lists.jboss.org To unsubscribe send an email to wildfly-dev-leave(a)lists.jboss.org Privacy Statement: https://www.redhat.com/en/about/privacy-policy List Archives: https://lists.jboss.org/archives/list/wildfly-dev@lists.jboss.org/message...