From: "Ean Schuessler" <[email protected]> > Agreed. One thing that immediately jumps out is how much of their codebase is > in Javascript. That may imply at least two functional teams right there. It > makes me wonder if they are approach things as more of a REST/HTTP-RPC server > written in Python that services a client written in JavaScript. I have been > approaching most of my recent development efforts this way and I have to say > that it allows you to create interfaces that are far more compelling. This > "shiny object" phenomena may explain some of their popularity.
For javascipt Ohloh also counts js frameworks (obvious in OFBiz). So one more time not accurate enough, just tracks... > One thing waiting in the wings for Java are the new Nashorn JavaScript > capabilities coming in JDK8. It may be worth considering a more aggressive > adoption of JavaScript, especially in the widget code. If we begin to write > things like form verification in JavaScript we could share code between the > client and server and do things like giving the client immediate feedback > when entering form data. Interesting, looking forward... Jacques > ----- [email protected] wrote: >> On Jan 5, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I'm not quire sure what you mean, but anyway I don't sell OpenErp ;) >> > >> > My primary intention was just to note that they have much more >> > committers(?) doing much more commits(?) >> > When you look into details numbers are certainly misleading: >> > https://www.ohloh.net/p/openerp/contributors?page=47&sort=latest_commit&time_span=12+months >> > >> > (a lot of committers with only few commits) >> > >> > So yes, maybe not the right tool for that... Or at least would need more >> > research in it... >> I'm not sure if they do this, but that number of committers only really >> makes sense if there are different groups working on different things, or if >> 90% of the committers are only very rarely involved. >> If OFBiz turned into more of a series of projects (ie with addons and such) >> instead of a single big project, that would probably work much better. >> -David > > -- > Ean Schuessler, CTO > [email protected] > 214-720-0700 x 315 > Brainfood, Inc. > http://www.brainfood.com
