Creating a Mini java standalone app using BIRT API's

Hi everyone,

I have created BIRT reports using the Eclipse report designer. Now I want to create a mini application using the BIRT API's trying to connect to three different data sources and bring in data on a report page..all this I want to do using Java code..I don't plan to use the report designer to view the report page..I want build my own front end app and test how flexible BIRT could be. What other skills do I need in order to achieve this? I know Java, HTML, CSS and Javascript..Can I have the link to BIRT API's and also suggestion to good books. Your help is really appreciated.

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kclark

<a class='bbc_url' href='http://www.birt-exchange.org/org/devshare/deploying-birt-reports/1344-eclipsecon-2011-api-examples/'>Here's a good devshare</a> that you might want to take a look at. It shows how to render reports using the BIRT API's. 
 
If you're wanting to build a small app to show a generated report one simple way to do this would be generate the report as shown in some of the examples in that devshare. Then you could have it return the report in HTML format. Once the report has been generated and the HTML returned you could display that report using JEditorPane. 
 
Edit: 
Linked to the wrong devshare