Guys,
I am in charge of development for major Linux-based Java language niche
SaaS system in the e-commerce supply-chain domain. It has a wide
customer base, an excellent reputation in the industry, and is growing
steadily. We are planning to expand it by adding Order Entry,
Inventory, Accounting, and other functions that are documented as
services in OFBiz. Later, in phase II, we will be adding functionality
like online Catalog, Ordering, and Shopping Cart modules.
I am looking at several solutions, from creating this project from
scratch to using a dependable open-source framework like OFBiz.
We would be integrating the OFBiz functionality behind our own JSP GUI
and a Struts M-V-C presentation tier. We also use Hibernate and Oracle
10i as our data tier.
We would be moving our application server platform to JBoss when we
build this additional functionality into our system.
I would like to hear the experiences of other developers who have used
OFBiz strictly as a business tier framework and integrated it into a
custom presentation front end and data persistence back end.
How difficult is it to implement only what we will need?
What is the learning curve like?
Is the granularity sufficient that we can use it for the specific
business domain functions we want, and not carry around a lot of
unnecessary code baggage?
How easy is it to modify to fit our own architectural and business models?
How easy is it to integrate specific modules into existing systems?
Any advice, encouragement, or dire warnings would be appreciated.
- Blue Sun
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