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There is set of guides for the Tuscany Java SCA software here (http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/java-sca-documentation-menu.html). In particular the User Guide provides a simple walkthough of the Tuscany Java SCA Calculator sample. There is also a link (http://incubator.apache.org/tuscany/sca-java-releases.data/onlineStore.pdf^{Image Added}) to detailed instructions of how to build a simple Web2.0 application using Tuscany Java SCA.

There are many more samples provided . If you look in the "samples" directory you will find a wide range of different samplesof the release. The file samples/README gives and an overview of each of them and each sample comes with its own README and a graphica graphical representation (.png file) of the services that the sample is demonstrating.

Once you have a feel for how Tuscany operates you will likely want to build a project of your own. Yo can of course take a suitable sample and use that as a starting point. Primarily you application development process will involved the following steps.

• Identify the components in you application and the services that these components provide
• Identify the services that these components depend on. These are the components references.
• Build an XML (.composite) file describing the components, services, references and the relationships between them
• Build the component implementations
• Contribute the .composite file, the component implemenations and any dependencies to the Tuscany SCA runtime.

The order here varies as in may cases you may already have suitable component implementations that you just want to describe to Tuscany SCA.

Choosing how to run the Tuscany SCA runtime depends on you local environment but there are several options currently supported.

• Embedded into your own Java application.
• As a plugin to the Geronimo application server
• As a WAR file contributed to a suitable web application server

Summary

V1.0 ready for prime time?
It is extensible so you can add to it (and contribute)

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