IBM Streams 4.3.0

Exploring the IBM Streams Commodity Purchasing sample application

The Commodity Purchasing sample application is designed to be a learning tool. It is a complete end-to-end example of a stream processing application that runs against live data and provides a user interface.

Before you begin

To use the Commodity Purchasing sample application, ensure that your system satisfies the following requirements:
  • IBM® Streams is installed and configured.
  • A minimum of 2 GB of memory is available.
  • An X Window System is installed.
  • The xterm and libcurl-devel RPMs in the operating system package are installed.
  • The Mozilla Firefox web browser is installed.
  • The system has access to the public Internet.
For RPM installation instructions, see Installing RPMs in the operating system package.

About this task

The Commodity Purchasing sample application documentation provides instructions for building and using the sample application. This documentation also includes instructions for importing and running the sample application in Streams Studio.

Procedure

To get started, see the Commodity Purchasing sample application documentation.
Parent topic: Installing the Quick Start Edition for Linux