Re: [Asterisk-java-users] A newbie introduction

[wardsback <war...@no...>]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:55:06 +0200, Stefan Reuter <sr...@re...> wrote=
:

> wardsback wrote:
>> sounds like a smart choice indeed. Unfortunately, my company is rathe=
r
>> poor and I'm stuck with 1 single machine to act as a server AND
>> developpement paltform. While all the fuss it implies :(
>
> If you are developing on windows go with the vmware solution suggested=

> by tony. trixbox offers a nice vmware image.
> This setup will require a powerful dev machine, but hey, since you are=

> developing java apps you will already have one anyway ;)
>
> If you are developing on linux you probably already chose a linux
> distribution and setting up asterisk there shouldn't be too hard.
> Asterisk really works well with all of the more common distributions.
>
>> Well, enough ranting, I'm diving back into javadoc to see where I'm  =

>> gonna
>> start with.
>
> would you mind telling us what kind of application you are about to  =

> build?
>
> =3DStefan
>


Well, indeed, astersik was really easy to compile and set up on the Fedo=
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Core 4 distro that was installed on the workstation I got assignedto.  =

Unfortunately, troubles came when I made my first tests with Java. Fedor=
a  =

uses GCJ and not SUN's Java, so I got issues when trying to connect to a=
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MySQL server with JDBC.

So I'm still looking around to find a good distro for Java developpement=
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I gave myself a few days to look around and test a few ones, starting wi=
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SuSE, tomorrow (wish me luck :P)

Considering the Apps I'm gonna build, well, it goes from company PBX  =

(usual VoIP phone routing and call management) to brand new developpemen=
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for the same company wich offers software solution for "bank-to-bank"  =

communications.

Next big project is to build an automated calling system for those banks=
.  =

So they can issue calls to their debitors to ask for paiments. All this =
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will include some Text To Speech. I still need to look around and find a=
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good TTS technology to use.