Good work Bob! I'd love to meet up at the conference and talk more about this. I can't find your code on Drupal.org - is it available for download anywhere?
Regards, Justin Hopkins Coordinator, IT & Web Services MOBIUS Consortium Office c: 573-808-2309 --sent from a mobile device-- On Mar 24, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Bob Wicksall <bwicks...@pls-net.org> wrote: > I'd be interested in a PHP-EG group and I'll be at the conference. > > I've built 3 Drupal modules that interface with Evergreen. I have a basic > OpenSRF module that communicates with Evergreen, an authentication module and > a catalog module. The opensrf and authentication modules are pretty clean > but the catalog module is a big wad of code right now. > > I've got some working fieldmapper code that can map the fields as well as > create objects that are required by some requests. I'm pulling the > fieldmapper structures directly over opensrf and caching them locally. > > You can see it in action here: > > http://www.e5i5o.com/catalog > > Mobile theme (android and iOS) here: > > http://mobile.e5i5o.com/catalog > > The site is a little sluggish sometimes because it's on a home server > connecting to a slow Evergreen test server. > > > Bob Wicksall > Systems Administrator > > Pioneer Library System > 2557 State Rt. 21 > Canandaigua, New York 14424 > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Wills" <swi...@beyond-print.com> >> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> >> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:12:49 PM >> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: To Create a PHP client for >> OpenSRF and Evergreen >> >> >> I hope that an appearance of difficulty interfacing Evergreen to a >> PHP front-end doesn't stop your exploration. My understanding is >> that our lack of PHP solutions is a direct result of a lack of >> contributions. While I have not been able to find the time to >> implement a PHP solution personally, I work on a PHP platform of >> equal complexity and identical underlying technologies for the CIO >> council at CIO.com, full time. I frequently solve small Evergreen >> problems for the Balsam Consortium in Maine using PHP 'one offs' and >> I share David's pain in climbing the Evergreen API learning curve. >> Between the wiki and the work DIG has done over the past couple of >> years this effort will continue to get easier. >> >> Perhaps the task can be made less daunting by narrowing the scope? >> For instance, rather than completely replacing the staff client, why >> not make a simple PHP "toolbox" with limited capability? One could >> start with something like a circ-mod editor that didn't rely on the >> Ajax for it's dynamic table builds. In general, my biggest complaint >> with the staff client is the way dojo draws and manages the table >> views in the various admin editors. >> >> >> The opportunities to interface with Drupal, Wordpress, VuFind and the >> like are quite exciting. I am happy to consult with others who are >> interested in bringing their PHP solutions forward into the >> community? How about forming a PHP-EG group? Look for me at >> Evergreen 2012 if you wish to discuss a PHP interest group further. >> >> Steve Wills >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Busby [mailto:david.bu...@edoceo.com] >> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 05:40 PM >> To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' >> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] To Create a PHP client for OpenSRF >> and Evergreen >> >> >> >> My biggest hurdle with building a PHP based front end (on >> osrf-translayor) has been the object/field mapping. And folowjng >> that was undetstaning the 100s of API calls. >> >> I think others would also point to the considerable amount of code >> that needs to be 4created in order to just provide basic auth and >> search functionality. And access controls as well have been rather >> difficult. >> >> /djb >> http://edoceo.com >> 206.282.6500 >> On Mar 24, 2012 4:49 AM, "Virendra Kumar" < vrnd...@gmail.com > >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi >> I am Virendra Kumar. I have some doubts as follows:- >> Why Evergreen has not been integrated with popular frameworks such as >> Drupal and Wordpress, as well as with library-specific applications >> such as VuFind?? >> what problems you face while integrating Evergreen with frameworks >> such as Drupal and Wordpress ??? >> could anybody help me to undersatnd what will be basic problem to >> integrate Evergreen with other Popular frameworks >> like Drupal and Wordpress ?? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Virendra kumar >>
