Becoming familiar with Apama
To become familiar with Apama, you should
Work through the tutorials in Software AG Designer. On the Welcome page, click
Tutorials under the
Apama heading. The tutorials provide step-by-step instructions for developing scenarios in Apama's Event Modeler editor, or EPL or JMon applications in the code editors.
Execute and examine the demonstration applications available from Software AG Designer. On the Welcome page, click
Demos under the
Apama heading. The demonstration applications are interactive. You can create instances of queries and scenarios, set parameters for queries and scenarios, and watch the queries and scenarios execute. The demonstrations provide simple examples of what Apama can do and how you might interact with your Apama application.
Examine sample code. Your Apama installation directory contains a
samples directory that contains many examples of queries, monitors, JMon programs, scenarios, correlator plug-ins, Apama client programs, and more.
Read all of this material,
Introduction to Apama, so that you have a broad understanding of what Apama is all about.
Understand what is covered in the Apama user documentation. Peruse the documentation so that you know where to look for particular information. You can then refer to the documentation for the component you need to use.