IzPack is an open source installer builder that allows creating installers for multiple platforms from a single source. It started as a student project and has grown to be used by over 25,000 users per month. IzPack allows defining installation resources like files to package, custom panels, variables, and actions in an XML file. The installer can then be compiled to a single jar file to distribute. The presentation outlines IzPack's capabilities and history, how it works, and examples of using it to create installers for different platforms and applications. It invites the audience to try IzPack and provides contact information for the presenter.

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

2. Dr Jekyll
Computer Scientist
Mr Hyde
OpenSource Craftsman
+

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

4. ...to an industry-backed project.

6. Unique installer Multiple systems

7. v2
Download for your operating system
1: java -Xmx256m -jar filename.jar
2: chmod -R +x lib/ant/bin
3: lib/ant/bin/ant -f setup.xml
4: bin/asadmin start-domain domain

8. Demo
One download
Works everywhere
Straightforward

9. Quick tour

10. 25.000 downloads per month?

11. (...)

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

19. Custom panels
Custom actions Installer Jar
3rd-party libs

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

21. <guiprefs height="600" resizable="yes" width="800">
<modifier key="allXGap" value="5"/>
<modifier key="allYGap" value="5"/>
<modifier key="paragraphYGap" value="15"/>
<modifier key="useHeadingPanel" value="yes"/>
<modifier key="headingLineCount" value="1"/>
<modifier key="headingFontSize" value="2"/>
<modifier key="headingBackgroundColor" value="0x00ffffff"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounter" value="text"/>
<modifier key="headingPanelCounterPos" value="inHeading"/>
</guiprefs>

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

23. GlassFish Installer
— making-of —

27. raw pack200
deflate (gzip) bzip2

28. Uti lity s cripts

29. Griffon Demo

30. How about packaging
systems?

31. (...)
Packages vs Installers

32. On Windows ?

33. On Mac OS X ?

34. On *nix ?

36. Initial installation
Bootstrap IPS + updates
Uninstallation
Updates + Add-ons

38. The next IzPack

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

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

41. Developers
SCM
CVS then Subversion

42. Developers
SCM

43. Try it today!

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