how to learn Drools or another rule engine fast

java drools business-rules
anjanb picture anjanb · Apr 9, 2010 · Viewed 39.9k times · Source

We're embarking on a module which will generate some recommendations based on some criteria. The criteria will be in the form of set of Business Rules and hence I was considering using a Business Rule Engine like Drools(open source and java :-) )

we need to learn Drools fast (2-3 weeks) and be able to implement rules using JBoss Drools. Which articles, tutorials, books, best practices should we be following ?

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Stephen picture Stephen · Apr 15, 2010

What joekutner said + a recent 1hr Fosdem "introduction" video. Despite the comments, it's actually really good, but what you have to have is the slides, so that you can follow through in a sane fashion. Here is a link to the Youtube-Video.

It is fast, you'll have to pause, but I found that I was learning stuff at the 25 minute mark after having done a few days playing and reading drools docs.

I can't emphasise how good this was helping me get the "feel" of drools, and just how to use the power.

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