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| <title>Chapter 4. Getting Started</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="css/html.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.72.0"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Eclipse Gemini Blueprint Reference Guide"><link rel="up" href="introduction.html" title="Part I. Introduction"><link rel="prev" href="requirements.html" title="Chapter 3. Requirements"><link rel="next" href="what-is-new.html" title="Chapter 5. What is new?"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="get-started"></a>Chapter 4. Getting Started</h2></div></div></div><p>Learning a new framework is not always straightforward. In this section, we (the Spring DM/Gemini Blueprint team) | |
| tried to provide, what we think is, an easy to follow guide for starting with Gemini Blueprint. | |
| Of course, feel free to create your own learning 'path' as you see fit and, if possible, please report back | |
| any improvements to the documentation that can help others.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="get-started:first-steps"></a>4.1. First Steps</h2></div></div></div><p>As explained in <a href="why-Spring DM.html" title="Chapter 2. Why Gemini Blueprint?">Chapter 2, <i xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Why Gemini Blueprint?</i></a>, Gemini Blueprint provides integration between | |
| Spring framework and OSGi. Thus, it is important to become acquainted with both of these frameworks (libraries or | |
| environments depending on how you want to name them). Throughout the Gemini Blueprint documentation, each section provides | |
| links to resources relevant however, it is best to become familiar with these topics beforehand.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="get-started:first-steps:spring"></a>4.1.1. Knowing Spring</h3></div></div></div><p>Gemini Blueprint uses heavily Spring framework's <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/overview.html#overview-core-container" target="_top">core</a> functionalty, | |
| such as the <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/beans.html#beans-introduction" target="_top">IoC</a> container, | |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/resources.html" target="_top">resource</a> abstraction and | |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/4.2.x/spring-framework-reference/html/aop.html" target="_top">AOP</a> infrastructure. While it is not important | |
| to know the Spring framework APIs, understanding the concepts behind them is. At a minimum, the idea behind IoC should be familiar. | |
| That being said, the more knowledge you have about Spring framework, the faster you will pick Gemini Blueprint. | |
| Besides the comprehensive documentation that explains the Spring Framework in detail, | |
| there are a lot of articles, blog entries and books on the topic - take a look at the Spring framework | |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://projects.spring.io/spring-framework/" target="_top">home page</a> for more information. In general, this should be the starting point for | |
| OSGi (or Eclipse plugin) developers wanting to try Gemini Blueprint.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="get-started:first-steps:osgi"></a>4.1.2. Knowing OSGi</h3></div></div></div><p>Java developers, new to OSGi, can start by reading the OSGi Alliance <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="https://www.osgi.org/developer/where-to-start/" target="_top">introduction</a>, | |
| the OSGi <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="https://www.osgi.org/developer/specifications/" target="_top">specifications</a> or one of the articles/blogs | |
| available on the internet. | |
| </p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="get-started:first-steps:blueprint"></a>4.1.3. Quick start - OSGi 5.x Blueprint Container</h3></div></div></div><p>As an alternative to the recommended Spring documentation, if OSGi 5.x is an option, one can read the Blueprint Container specification | |
| for a quick introduction to dependency injection and Gemini Blueprint functionality. Note that Blueprint is a subset of Spring and Gemini Blueprint and we recommend | |
| the official documentation to get access to the whole set of features. | |
| </p></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="get-started:help"></a>4.2. Need Help?</h2></div></div></div><p>If you encounter issues or you are just looking for advice, feel free to use one of the links below:</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="get-started:help:community"></a>4.2.1. Community Support</h3></div></div></div><p>The Gemini Blueprint <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/153/" target="_top">forum</a>.</p><p>The Gemini Blueprint GitHub <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="https://github.com/eclipse/gemini.blueprint" target="_top">mirror</a>.</p></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="get-started:help:professional"></a>4.2.2. Professional Support</h3></div></div></div><p>Professional, from-the-source support, with guaranteed response time, is available from <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://spring.io/" target="_top">Pivotal</a>, | |
| the company behind Gemini Blueprint and Spring. | |
| </p></div></div><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="get-started:up-to-date"></a>4.3. Following Development</h2></div></div></div><p>For information on the Gemini Blueprint source code repository, nightly builds and snapshot artifacts please see the Gemini Blueprint home | |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="https://www.eclipse.org/gemini/blueprint/" target="_top">page</a>. | |
| </p><p>You can help make Gemini Blueprint best serve the needs of the Spring community by interacting with developers through the Spring Community | |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://spring.io/questions" target="_top">stack overflow</a>.</p><p>If you encounter a bug or want to suggest an improvement, | |
| please create a ticket on the Gemini Blueprint issue <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="https://jira.spring.io/" target="_top">tracker</a>.</p><p>To stay up to date with the latest news and announcements in the Spring eco system, subscribe to the | |
| Spring Community <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="http://www.spring.io/" target="_top">Portal</a>.</p><p>Lastly, you can follow the project team on Twitter | |
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