About this trail

This trail shows how to get started with Plexus Component development. It starts off with a simple Plexus component and gradually evolves it to show different ways a component can be used.

• Prepping project: Website Monitor component

• Diving in

• Joys of TDD (Test Driven Development)

• More bells & whistles

• Configuring to get it right!

• Voila! We have a Component

• Component Usage Scenarios

• From a Maven Mojo

• Implementing Monitor Mojo

• Adding configuration for the Mojo

• Setting up Mojo unit tests

• From a Plexus application

• Plexus Embedder Intro & Site Monitor component integration into the application

• From a Web application

• Setting up a Web Application Project

• From a SOAP Web Service

• From an XMLRPC Service

• Packaging

• Other Resources

You can also refer to the Plexus Developer's Guide if you are interested in an in-depth understanding of Plexus internals and workings.