How to install Hyperledger composer-playground? - hyperledger-fabric

I have been trying to install it using the below link:
https://composer-playground.mybluemix.net/
Can anyone help me out with this?
I have to submit a project using Hyperledger Fabric and Composer.

Just in case people find this question, it should be noted that Hyperledger Composer is no longer actively maintained or supported. Most of the base programming model functionality was added to the various SDKs via a higher level API abstraction.

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Custom MSP for Hyperledger Fabric

I'm trying to use DIDs/VCs from hyperledger Indy with Hyperledger Fabric. Simply I want to replace Fabric's certificate based identity/MSP with DIDs/VCs. However, as far as I understand this is not direct. The existing code based have lots of dependencies on Fabric-CA. Could someone help me to figure out potential starting points to do this customisation?
you cant try to use this modified peen-node:
https://github.com/trustbloc/fabric-mod
https://github.com/trustbloc/trustbloc-did-method/blob/main/docs/spec/trustbloc-did-method.md
or read this research:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.03277.pdf
or check other did:methods that support HLF:
https://www.w3.org/TR/did-spec-registries/
or look to this project:
https://github.com/BLOCKOTUS/blockotus-organism
Currently, the only framework that can verify DID/VCs from Hyperldeger Indy is the Hyperledger Aries. There are several projects where people are trying to integrate either some of the Indy or Aries functionalities into Fabric in order to be able to issue and verify DID/VCs.
Take a look at the following projects in the "Hyperledger Mentorship Program" community:
Hyperledger Fabric - Hyperledger Aries Integration to support Fabric as Blockchain ledger
Or an older project Extending HL Fabric for connecting with HL Indy.
However, the easiest way is to have two DLTs, one for DID/VCs issue and verification (Indy), and one for transactions, etc.

How to install Fabric Mir BFT consensus?

Having seen a few talks on Mir which is apparently implemented within the Hyperledger Fabric chain, I am completely unable to find out how to install it - doesn't seem to be much on Hyperledger's site, Sawtooth seems to be currently the product of the day (which I already have, but only PBFT's available and we need something more performant).
Apologies if I'm being dumb about this. Just can't find them.
Mir isn't implemented in Fabric just yet. It's future work.
There is, however, an integration of another BFT library in Fabric which is not an official Hyperledger effort.
The integration is based on Fabric v1.4 and is publicly available on dockerhub.
The paper of the project can be found here.

Hyperledger Fabric Chaincode Development Language - NodeJS, Java, or Go?

With consideration of existing functionality, developer productivity (assuming minimal experience in each language), support within the Fabric community, and roadmap for enhancements, is there any chaincode development language that should be preferred as the short-term and, perhaps separately, as the long-term choice?
Prior question Node.js or Go for Hyperledger Fabric's chaincode development? did not address Java as an option, and does not account for recent Fabric 1.4 platform release.
As of Hyperledger Fabric v1.4, there is base functional parity between Go, Node.js, and Java chaincode.
The previous answer in Node.js or Go for Hyperledger Fabric's chaincode development? is still fundamentally true. Base features typically get delivered in Go chaincode first. That being said, a new programming model has been introduced to Node.js chaincode in v1.4 that is explained in the new Developing Applications documentation. If the new programming model is of interest to you, Node.js chaincode would be a good choice.
At the end of the day, each of the languages have similar function, similar performance, as well as good support and community adoption.

Hyperledger Composer vs Hyperledger Nodejs Api

I am new to hyperledger and bit confused about hyperledger composer & nodejs api.
I saw using composer we can create assets, transactions, participants and chaincode and in last we have to archive it this all into .bna file and finally we deploy this chaincode into network using admin card
But at other end using NodeJs API we can also write chaincode by overiding init & invoke methods.
How can we relate these all.
The best way to think about this is the following:
1) Hyperledger Fabric v1.1 supports writing chaincode in two languages: Golang and JavaScript via Node.js
If you want to do all of the heavy lifting yourself, you can write straight chaincode.
2) Hyperledger Composer provides a higher-level model-driven language for developing smart contracts. It currently only allows deployment of these artifacts to Hyperledger Fabric. It also happens to support writing functions in JavaScript as well.
So if you want to start from a higher-level model-driven approach, Hyperledger Composer is the way to go. If you want to write all of the plumbing yourself or use very low-level chaincode features, then using chaincode itself is the way to go.
Moving forward, we are looking at a better way to move between the two and not force a decision / direction up front.
There is another option, we develop a framework called Convector to be in the middle of Composer (high abstraction, low control) and raw code (low abstraction, high control, therefore high risk). We open sourced it a few days ago. At WorldSibu we don't like loosing so much control over our code like with Composer but as Gari Singh was saying, doing all the heavy lifting for each project is crazy. It is like a Mongoose for Hyperledger Fabric. It may help to check it out.
It is also worth noting that, according to IBM, Composer is no longer recommended as a production solution, but only for prototyping. In HLF 1.3, chaincode can now be written in Go, Javascript and Java.

What does Hyperledger composer do .Does that create chaincode for fabric or something else?

I have been working on hyperledger fabric for some time. But I don’t understand where hyperledger composer comes in place . I do understand that it helps in visualizing the logic and transaction. But what I don’t get is how do you integrate it with fabric network? what does it create? Is it chaincode if not then what?
The Compose runtime is chain code that executes the business network archive artefacts created by the end-user.
Perhaps this will help?
https://blog.selman.org/2017/07/08/getting-started-with-blockchain-development/
The tech answer is that Hyperledger Composer is an abstraction layer over Hyperledger Fabric.
The practical answer is that it is awesome. Think how Angular and hundreds of other frameworks make web programming easier.
It is a framework where you can write your blockchain in Javascript and specify your data objects in an easy to understand text file. Throw in some querying, ACL stuff and pathways to use some nice opensource tools that let you do things like generate a Web API automatically and play around in a web environment without installing anything.
We are using it for the Integra Ledger Legal blockchain. (www.integraledger.com). I just spent the day working in it.

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