If you have used the Mule IDE you know it helps greatly to simplify setting up a Mule project in Eclipse, editing XML, and debugging and testing your application.

However, it still requires you to delve into the world of XML and understand how the different elements of a Mule configuration can be chained together. An exciting new project is underway at MuleSoft to revolutionize the simplicity and ease of using Mule. MuleStudio is the next generation of Mule tooling and will provide an Eclipse-based graphical IDE for designing Mule integration flows. (more…)

Last Tuesday night’s  demonstration of the MuleSoft’s Eclipse Tool Suite at the Vancouver Eclipse Demo Camp went well. I almost got Nerf-gunned for a (slight) overtime but the organizers’ mercifulness has allowed me reach the end of the demo with a running sample For those who weren’t there, here is a summary of my presentation.

The challenge I’ve set to myself for this demonstration was the following: let’s figure out what’s the total length of roadworks currently happening in the city of Vancouver. Think of it as a reality check for your tax dollars at work!

Because Vancouver exposes plenty of its data on the web, this was really just a matter of pulling the right data source and transforming it to the desired output. Read on to find how I achieved this using Mule Data Integrator and Mule IDE…

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The last days of June will be busy as I will be talking at two events happening in Vancouver, BC, on the 29th and the 30th.

In the first presentation, I will demonstrate MuleSoft’s Eclipse Tool Suite at the local Eclipse DemoCamp, an event that always has an incredible line-up, thanks to the local presence of the Tasktop and SpringSource teams. Also, the University of British Columbia oftentimes presents there Eclipse plugins that explore the cutting edge of software development. My presentation will be focused on using both Mule IDE and Mule Data Integrator in order to build a data-intensive application for Mule ESB. If you’re interested, all the details are on the registration page.

My second presentation will cover the subject of using ready-made tools versus ad hoc coding in the field of enterprise application integration (EAI). I will give it at the Vancouver’s Software Developers Network as a follow-up talk to another presentation on EAI given in March by Shayan Manoochehri. I will present a few criteria that will help developers and architects decide between using ready-made EAI tools versus custom build solutions. More details can be found on the meet-up page.

If you can’t attend any of these presentation, do not despair: I will post the slides and related notes in this blog after these events.

Mule Data Integrator provides an easy to use graphical environment to create and test you maps for doing data transformation in Mule. Once you have your map created and are generating the expected output, you will want to test it from within Mule. Since both MDI and Mule IDE are Eclipse-based tools you would think you could do this without leaving Eclipse. Guess what? You are right.
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Last week at the Mule Summit, I gave a presentation on Mule IDE. One of the questions from the audience was about putting your own examples in the “Sample content” drop down on the “New project” dialog.

This is actually possible today. Here is how you do it: (more…)

While working on bugs in Mule IDE, I usually push out snapshots to people for verification. I automated the upload process to the forge recently, but it seems that the default values were not chosen carefully enough. By default, my script pushes out to the release update site instead of the snapshot update site, which is clearly not what I want. (more…)

Today, MuleSoft released a brand new product, Mule Data Integrator, which is available for download here. Mule Data Integrator (MDI) is free for developers to use and includes an Eclipse-based designer that is fully integrated with Mule IDE.

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We have just released version 2.0.1 of Mule IDE. This release provides an important bug fix (the new configuration wizard no longer overwrites existing files without prior notice). It also provides support for the new Mule Data Integrator, which is about to be released. (more…)

MuleSoft is proud to announce that Mule IDE 2.0 has been released.

Mule IDE 2.0 is a development and testing environment based on Eclipse. It supports the following features: (more…)

Silicon Valley Code Camp 2009 is coming up quickly. It will be held on October 3rd and 4th at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA. I attended last year and found the talks to be very informative and the attendees really engaged. It’s a great format, open to anyone and free to anyone who pre-registers. Last year there was a real mix of topics and this year they are introducing tracks to help guide attendees.

I decided to submit a session this year and will be talking about dead-simple integration for web app development. (more…)