On Jul 3, 2008, at 11:38 PM, Blue Sun wrote:
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.
You may ask to Dr Frankenstein for an advice :-)
Jacopo
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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