http://www.activeintellect.com/aspire/aspire_distributions/?M=D

This directory on activeintellect.com provides latest aspire downloads. The following are available for downloading

• Latest aspire jar file
• Latest aspire properties file that goes with the above jar
• Latest complete distribution of aspire
• Any handy support jars

These are further explained below

Latest complete distribution of aspire

Latest complete distributions of aspire comes as sample web applications. The latest application is called loginapp4.zip. Please see the release notes for any recent such application releases. loginapp4 is developed with JSPs in mind.

The previous latest distribution is available as

aspire_jsdk21_r2_b18.1_src.zip

These zip files are complete web applications that can run under any recent servelet container as a war file. This is a template web application with http authentication enabled and some sample pages. This web app is built with aspire tags as the primary mechanism.

The name suggests the following. Aspire for this release is built with servlets 2.1 (jsdk21), and the build number if 18.1. It also comes with the source. Download this zip file if you are starting aspire from scratch.

You can also download just the jar file if you have already developed your application with previous aspire releases. The releases are very much backward compatible.

Latest aspire jar file

Although I try to release a complete distribution, when time doesn't permit, I just upload the latest jar file. The name of this looks like

aspire_r2.0_b19.0_jsdk21.jar

Invariably these files end in ".jar" extension. These jar files not only contain the binaries but also come with java source code.

You can copy this jar file over the older jar file. Backward compatibility is always provided as the newer jars tend to carry the old code as well with it.

Latest aspire properties file

Although I try to release a complete distribution, when time doesnt permit, I just upload the latest jar file. As the jar file may include newer configuration I also upload a sample properties file that might showcase the new configuration. Name of this file is as follows:

aspire_r2.0_b19.0_jsdk21_aspire.properties

This is essentially the build name followed by aspire.properties. Use this file just to see what changed since last. Unless you are going to make use of additional functionality you can use the older properties file you have.

Usually when I drop a new jar file, I create a release notes for that jar file. The release notes point to articles containing what the new functionality is. These articles contain changes to the configuration files for that particular facility.

Or send me an email if you are not sure.

Any handy support jars

In a sub directory called useful_jars, I may keep some handy jars that might be helpful for the development.