GSoC is coming, and ideas are listed in Jira. https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=labels%20%3D%20gsoc2013%20ORDER%20BY%20key%20ASC
Maybe we could create an issue on this point and have a student make a POC based on some framework like bootstrap ? Cheers 2013/3/22 Ean Schuessler <e...@brainfood.com> > I would like to see a deep refactoring of the UI. Ideally, it should be > separated into two distinct components, a view renderer and a series of > authenticated services that support it. It is about time for us to step > into the modern world where the UI is an application, written in > Javascript, that communicates with the application using JSON or XML RPC > calls. If rendering for javascriptless clients is really still a priority > then we might want to look at using rhino or nashorn in the server to do > the same rendering there but, fundamentally, move to a javascript based > view rendering solution. The interactivity and fluidity of a properly AJAX > based interface is part of what makes us look so dated compared to > solutions like OpenERP. > > > We also need to completely reconsider the UI experience. The interface is > overwhelming to new users. If we could have a role based method for hiding > controls then we could have a "beginner" user mode that greatly simplified > core screens. A basic drop-ship ecommerce user doesn't need to see billing > accounts, facilities and a lot of the other complexity on the product > screens. Our order entry process is also rather clunky, even in comparison > to older systems like SQL-Ledger. > > > ----- "Jacopo Cappellato" wrote: > > Hi all, > > this is just intended to brainstorm some ideas for the future OFBiz > (let's say for the 14.04 branch) and to get the community feedback... I > don't have concrete plans at the moment for most of them > > Some of the ideas below are intended to renew some core parts of the > OFBiz Framework, replacing custom code (some of getting old) with Open > Source alternatives; some of them are just cleanups. > > * Replace the OFBiz TX Manager and the Database Connection Pool > (Geronimo TX and DBCP, well... they actually can stay as optional > components) with: > > http://www.atomikos.com/Main/TransactionsEssentials > > (see initial work on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5129 ) > > * Refactor the OFBiz Security > (authentication/authorization/cryptography) with (a session I attended > during ApacheCon@Portland inspired me for this): > > http://shiro.apache.org > > * Replace Javolution (this has been already discussed in the past) > > * Replace the OFBiz cache system with: > > http://ehcache.org > > * Replace the OFBiz job scheduler with: > > http://quartz-scheduler.org > > * Reorganize the screen data preparation Groovy scripts into bigger > files with methods (they are now individual files); for example, instead of > having: > > > applications/product/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/actions/product/EditProductAssoc.groovy > > > applications/product/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/actions/product/EditProductContent.groovy > > > applications/product/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/actions/product/EditProductContentContent.groovy > > > applications/product/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/actions/product/EditProductFeatures.groovy > > ... > > we could have one file: > > applications/product/webapp/catalog/WEB-INF/actions/EditProduct.groovy > > with methods: > > editProductAssoc, editProductContent, editProductContentContent, > editProductFeatures... > > (note: this switch is possible since the enhancements we did one year > ago); this could make our code more readable and organized without loosing > the ability to override individual scripts from hot-deploy components; in > the process, we could also review the scripts and clean them or improve > (some of them are pretty old) > > * (in the process) we could also refactor the code of the Groovy scripts > to use the (now experimental and to be tested/expanded) DSL methods we > implemented one year ago > > Kind regards, > > Jacopo > > -- > Ean Schuessler, CTO > e...@brainfood.com > 214-720-0700 x 315 > Brainfood, Inc. > http://www.brainfood.com > -- Erwan de FERRIERES
