[news.eclipse.technology.higgins] Re: Higgins demo build instructions

[exquisitus <jeff.taylor@xxxxxxxx>]

Mary Ruddy wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> 
> http://spwiki.editme.com/RunningTheDemoApp is an obsolete wiki page. How
> did you get to it?  

I did not get to the spwiki.  I read about the demo on this newsgroup.

> If you are interested in getting started with Higgins, we currently have
> stable and nightly builds for the IdAS component under downloads.
> Also nightly builds for IdAS context providers and our Token Service are
> available at
> http://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Nightly_Component_Builds
> 

I wanted to start with a stable release.  These are components only.
Has the demo app been dropped?

Looking at the nightly builds, it looks more complete.  Like maybe there
is something runnable there.

> See the components link on the left hand side of www.eclipse.org/higgins
> for descriptions of the above components.
> 

I have looked at the 0.7 stable packages.  A bunch of pieces does not
provide an easy entry into the project.  I have looked at some of the
IdAS code.  I saw a lot of interfaces, little code that does anything
except store attributes/values.

I am interested in the project.  But I am looking for a way to test the
waters before spending a couple of months reading thousands of lines of
Java.  My prefered way is to start with running code and work/play with
it.  With just component code to examine and no app to work with, this
is an uphill slog.

I will try again with the nightly builds.

Jeffrey