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= Tutorials, Examples, and Presentations

== Tutorials and Examples

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== Books

The most important "books" on OSGi are of course the specifications themselves.
They are quite a good read but are also complete and contain stuff, you might be interested in.
So for a starter you might interested to read the following:

* Core Specification (Layer, Services, LiveCycle part)
* Compendium Specification
* Enterprise Specification

Visit the https://docs.osgi.org/specification/[OSGi Alliance Specifications] page to download the specifications for free.

Apart from the specifications a number of books have recently been published.
They are listed here in no particular order:

* http://www.manning.com/hall/[OSGi in Action];
Richard Hall, Karl Pauls, Stuart McCulloch, David Savage;
Manning Publications, 2011.
Covers most (if not all) of R 4.2 specs and also contains a lot of side information.
The authors of this book are committers and/or PMC members of the Apache Felix project.
* http://www.amazon.com/OSGi-Equinox-Creating-Modular-Systems/dp/0321585712[OSGi and Equinox: creating highly modular Java systems];
Jeff McAffer, Paul VanderLei, Simon Archer;
Addison-Wesley, 2010.
Despite its dependency on Equinox it might be helpful, because they use Declarative Services intensely for their sample application throughout the book and we use Declarative Services intensely, too.
* http://www.manning.com/alves/[OSGi in Depth];
Alexandre de Castro Alves;
Manning, 2011.
I cannot say anything on this book except that he seems to have used Apache Felix for the samples----
* http://www.manning.com/cummins/[Enterprise OSGi in Action: With examples using Apache Aries];
Holly Cummins, Timothy Ward;
Manning, 2013 Covers Enterprise OSGi specifications, which are becoming more and more important.
* http://www.amazon.com/Java-Application-Architecture-Modularity-Development/dp/0321247132[Java Application Architecture: Modularity Patterns with Examples Using OSGi (Agile Software Development Series)];
Kirk Knoernschild;
Prentice Hall, 2012 Primarily covers Java Application Architecture using OSGi for the framework to implement.
* http://njbartlett.name/osgibook.html[OSGi in Practice];
Neil Bartlett;
Free PDF EBook.
Many OSGi core concepts are greatly explained, and its free;
* http://www.packtpub.com/open-services-gateway-initiative-starter/book[Instant OSGi Starter];
Jamie Goodyear, Johan Edstrom;
Packt, 2013
* http://www.packtpub.com/osgi-and-apache-felix-30-beginners-guide/book[OSGi and Apache Felix 3.0 Beginner's Guide];
Walid Joseph Gédéon;
Packt, 2010
* http://www.manning.com/cogoluegnes/[Spring Dynamic Modules in Action];
Arnaud Cogoluègnes, Thierry Templier, Andy Piper;
Manning, 2010
* http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028086.do#[Building Modular Cloud Apps with OSGi];
Paul Bakker, Bert Ertman;
O'Reilly, 2013.
Uses Apache Felix.
For experienced Java developers in the enterprise, this practical, hands-on book shows you how to use OSGi to design, develop, and deploy modular cloud applications.