In my previous posts I've explained getting Presto up and running on a mac.  At this point you are able to use Presto to create your own mashups.  This is of course useful, but the platform also comes with a # of sample services and mashups, as well as scripts for installing 50 mashups from the programmable web site (programmableweb.com).  The following are instructions on installing these samples.

First, run registerSamples.sh in the prestocli directory.  You'll see output similar to the following.  Be patient as it will take a few minutes to complete.



Upon completion, you will see services in their dashboard...



Now install the sample mashups...



And you will see the mashups in the dashboard:



And finally, install the programmable web apis, which are available here...  Download the zip file, expand it into your prestocli directory (not a sub directory because the script depends upon a script in the presto root directory), and run registerProgrammableWeb.sh...



There were a few errors during my install.  I haven't diagnosed them, but things seemed to work well enough.

Ready to get mashing!

I'll follow up with actual examples of building mashups, as well as with using the mashup studio.

Today I got back into working with Jack.Be's Presto mashup server.  I have installed this before, but many months ago and had to relearn the process.  It's a little odd on the mac because Java is already installed, but JAVA_HOME is not set.

First, get the presto server download, unzip it and put it somewhere on your computer.  On my system I put it in /users/mike/dev/presto.  Your directory should look similar to the following:



The next step is to install presto.  This is done by executing the command ./setup.sh.  When this happens you will be asked a number of questions, most of which you can simply accept the defaults.  However, the first one is most important due to the java configuration on the mac:



The key is to specify the /Library/Java/Home folder, which is actually a symbolic link to the actual location of the java installation. 

You'll then be asked a lot of questions about ports, all of which you can just accept the defaults (in most cases).  You'll get output similar to the following:



You are now installed.  In my next post, I'll show how to run Presto.