IzPack at LyonJUG'11

IzPack: because you and your end users have installation issues Julien Ponge

From a hack made in a student dorm room... ... not mine!

...to an industry-backed project.

Unique installer Multiple systems

v2Download for your operating system1: java -Xmx256m -jar filename.jar2: chmod -R +x lib/ant/bin3: lib/ant/bin/ant -f setup.xml4: bin/asadmin start-domain domain

Demo One download Works everywhere Straightforward

IzPack?

25.000 downloads per month?

Files to package Installer resources XML descriptor Compiler, Ant or Maven Installer Jar

Custom panelsCustom actions Installer Jar 3rd-party libs

variables Conﬁg ﬁles, scripts, ...Content-aware replacement

raw pack200deﬂate (gzip) bzip2

Uti lity s cripts

GlassFish Installer — making-of —

CompilerInstaller JAR

<installation version="1.0"> <info> <appname>Glassfish</appname> <appversion>v2 ur2 b04</appversion> <authors> <author email="" name="Julien Ponge (packager)"/> <author email="" name="Sun Microsystems and the GlassFish community"/> </authors> <url>http://glassfish.org/</url> <javaversion>1.5</javaversion> <requiresjdk>yes</requiresjdk> </info> (...)

(...)<panels> <panel classname="HTMLInfoPanel" /> <panel classname="HTMLLicencePanel" /> <panel classname="TargetPanel" /> <panel classname="UserInputPanel" /> <panel classname="InstallPanel" /> <panel classname="ProcessPanel" /> <panel classname="ShortcutPanel" /> <panel classname="SimpleFinishPanel" /></panels> (...)

<pack name="GlassFish" required="yes"> <description>GlassFish</description> <file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin" condition="izpack.macinstall" /> <fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH" condition="izpack.linuxinstall"> <% linux_specific.each do |file| %> <include name="<%= file %>"/> <% end %> </fileset> <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant" stage="never" os="unix" /> <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh" os="unix" /></pack>

<pack name="GlassFish" required="yes"> <description>GlassFish</description> <file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin" condition="izpack.macinstall" /> <fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH" condition="izpack.linuxinstall"> <% linux_specific.each do |file| %> <include name="<%= file %>"/> <% end %> </fileset> Ant-style: **/* <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant" dir/*.class stage="never" os="unix" /> **/*.jar <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh" lib/**/*.jar os="unix" /></pack>

<pack name="GlassFish" required="yes"> <description>GlassFish</description> <file src="launch-browser.sh" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH/bin" condition="izpack.macinstall" /> <fileset dir="linux" targetdir="$INSTALL_PATH" condition="izpack.linuxinstall"> <% linux_specific.each do |file| %> <include name="<%= file %>"/> <% end %> </fileset> <executable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/lib/ant/bin/ant" stage="never" os="unix" /> <parsable targetfile="$INSTALL_PATH/bin/launch-browser.sh" os="unix" /></pack>

<conditions> <condition type="variable" id="start.glassfish"> <name>gf_start_domain</name> <value>true</value> </condition></conditions>

How about packaging systems?

(...)Packages vs Installers

On Windows ?

On Mac OS X ?

On *nix ?

Initial installationBootstrap IPS + updates Uninstallation Updates + Add-ons

The next IzPack

The hype effect Patterns TDD, JSR xyz BDD...your application code will eventually look bad! Best Scripting IoC & DI practices

Kudos to: Anthonin Bonnefoy 0-b eta David Duponchel 5. Rene Krell PicoContainer+ hamcrest+ fest-swing JUnit

Developers SCM CVS then Subversion

Developers SCM

Try it today! 4.3.3 4.3.4-RC1 5.0.0-beta

Opensource Projet Aftermath

F/OSS... why? nothing’s free!Fun Skills AdvertiseStrategic market sharesDirect revenue streams

Project type “Main” models ConsultingFramework Trainingand libraries Support Dual licensing Support plansMission-critical Consultinginfrastructure Management toolsservers Extensions Open CoreProducts Extensions Customizations

Start Easy Solo work Users! Patches!Community support Hard to reach Mature project Manager work

add this! support that! it is not ready for theenterprise unless you... I expected it to do this but it doesn’t!

<Words Code

UpstreamMonster patch (or raw ﬁles!)

“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” — Linus’s Law

Julien Ponge Q&A @jponge @izpack julien.ponge@gmail.com http://izpack.org/http://julien.ponge.info/

IzPack at LyonJUG'11

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