Links

Here are some links to other resources

Articles¶

• Java Content Repository: The Best Of Both Worlds - by Bertrand Delacretaz on Javalobby - uses the Sling HTTP interface to demonstrate JCR features.
• Accessing Relational Data as SLING RESTful URLs - by Luca Masini
• Your First Day With Sakai Nakamura - Sakai Nakamura is based on Sling, that introductory article has very good explanations of REST and Sling basics, and on why hierarchies are useful on the Web.

About Sling¶

• Sling on dev.day.com - Day's developers blog, regularly includes articles on Sling and JCR. Powered by Sling, of course.
• Sling on Lars Trieloff's Blog - Lars regularly writes on his experiences with Sling. Most notably the mini series of three entries introducing Sling and microsling.
• Sling links at del.icio.us - If you're a del.icio.us user, please tag Sling-related posts with both sling and jcr tags, so that they appear in that list.
• Sling on Fisheye - code repository viewer, activity statistics, etc.
• Sling on ohloh - activity and community statistics.
• Sling on MarkMail - searchable mailing list archives.

Projects using Sling¶

• Gert Vanthienen succeeded in installing Sling into the new Apache ServiceMix kernel and documented his experience Sling On ServiceMix Kernel

Sling Presentations and Screencasts¶

• Presentations tagged with "sling" at slideshare

The following screencasts demonstrate Day Software's CRX quickstart product, powered by Sling:

• First Steps with CRX Quickstart
• TheServerSide.com in 15 minutes

From ApacheCon EU 08¶

• ApacheCon EU 08 Fast Feather Track Presentation on Sling
• JCR Meetup Presentation on Sling Architecture

From ApacheCon US 07¶

• ApacheCon US 07 Fast Feather Track Presentation on Sling
• Feathercast On Day 4 with an interview on Sling with Felix

Technology used by Sling¶

• Apache Jackrabbit - The reference implementation of the Content Repository for Java (JCR) Specification. This implementation is used in Sling as the primary repository.
• JSR 170: Content Repository for Java{tm} technology API - The specification of the repository API.
• Apache Felix - The OSGi Framework implementation we use in Sling.
• The OSGi Alliance - The OSGi Alliance is the specification body defining the OSGi Core and Compendium Services. These specifications are at the center of making Sling possible.