Friday, June 22, 2012

Converting a Web Faceted project back to Java project

Today I made a newbie mistake and changed a projected into a Dynamic Web Module faceted project. When I tried to revert back, I was unable to uninstall the changes I had made. Luckily I found helpful instructions here: http://vijaypm.blogspot.com/2010/12/maven-eclipse-and-tomcat.html

Despite some few slight differences (probably because I am using Eclipse Indigo EE), the steps worked perfectly. Thank you Victory's Blog!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Drools Rules

My first major development project at my new job is to integrate JBoss Drools (previously Rules) as our Business Rule Management System (BRMS). Drools itself is made up of several components that can be utilized for different purposes, but is essentially a business rule management system that makes it easy for non-technical folks to easily edit the business logic without having to change underlying functional code. The Drools Guvnor is a web-based BRMS and repository that allows easy access to business logic and is of particular interest in this project.

Over the next week I'll post on my experiences with Drools and also link helpful resources. As I have discovered, documentation for Drools is somewhat lacking or is written towards a more experienced audience in the business rule field. Hopefully these posts will be a helpful resource to others and that they will assist to establish my reputation as a new programmer!