| [[GettingStarted-GettingStarted]] |
| = Getting Started |
| |
| First you need to Download the Camel distribution; |
| or you could grab the Source and try |
| Building it yourself. |
| |
| Then come back here and you might want to read the following |
| documentation before continuing: |
| |
| * Longer xref:book-getting-started.adoc[Getting Started Guide] |
| * Find out about xref:{eip-vc}:eips:enterprise-integration-patterns.adoc[Enterprise Integration Patterns] |
| and how to implement them with Camel |
| * Review the xref:architecture.adoc[Architecture guide] to see how to build Routes using the xref:java-dsl.adoc[Java DSL] |
| or xref:xml-configuration.adoc[XML DSL] |
| |
| [[GettingStarted-WorkingwithCamelContextsandRouteBuilders]] |
| == Working with CamelContexts and RouteBuilders |
| |
| To get started with Camel: |
| |
| 1. Create a xref:camelcontext.adoc[CamelContext]. |
| 2. Optionally, xref:configuring-camel.adoc[configure components or endpoints]. |
| 3. Add whatever routing rules you wish using the DSL and `RouteBuilder` or using XML DSL. |
| 4. Start the Camel context. |
| |
| When your application is closing you may wish to stop the context |
| |
| When you are ready, why not xref:walk-through-an-example.adoc[Walk through an Example]? |
| And then continue the walk xref:walk-through-another-example.adoc[Walk through another example]. |
| |
| [[GettingStarted-WorkingwithSpring]] |
| == Working with Spring |
| |
| If you use Spring as a Dependency Injection container then please refer |
| to the Camel Spring documentation. |
| |
| [[GettingStarted-OtherResources]] |
| == Other Resources |
| |
| We strongly suggest that you brew a cup of coffee or tea and take the 30 |
| minutes to read one or more of the following resources: |
| |
| * http://manning.com/ibsen/chapter1sample.pdf[Camel in Action, Chapter 1 |
| (direct link)] free chapter 1 of the http://www.manning.com/ibsen[Camel |
| in Action] book. Highly recommended to read to learn what Camel is and |
| the basic Camel concepts. This is a free chapter you can download |
| directly as a pdf (about 20 pages) and introduces you to Camel. We have |
| been told by experience Camel end users they wished this chapter was |
| available to them when they started learning Camel. |
| |
| * https://dzone.com/articles/open-source-integration-apache[Open |
| Source Integration with Apache Camel and How Fuse IDE Can Help] by |
| Jonathan Anstey. Updated article of the |
| http://architects.dzone.com/articles/apache-camel-integration[Apache |
| Camel: Integration Nirvana]. Great article to learn what Camel is and |
| has a good use case example. |
| |
| * Several of the vendors on the |
| Commercial Camel Offerings page |
| also offer various tutorials, webinars, examples, etc.... that may be |
| useful. |
| |
| * Articles is a link collection with articles, |
| blogs, podcasts, presentations and the likes about Camel done by people |
| from the community. |
