Thanks Matt for the detailed description. I bought the first book, going to buy them one at a time.
On 3 February 2010 22:10, Matt Warnock <mwarn...@ridgecrestherbals.com>wrote: > In my experience, these books are really valuable. I've read 1&2, just > got 3 (opened it 10 minutes ago). Silverston lays out how to store data > in tables that make sense, rather than (for example) the usual separate > tables for employees, suppliers, customers, etc. If a customer becomes > an employee, which record is "right"? Or what if Joe Jones moves from > headquarters to the branch office in Paducah? A role or location change > shouldn't upset the whole apple-cart. OFBiz follows these ideas. > > Yes it is more complex than the traditional model-- but you have to go > there anyway. Even my Motorola Droid now recognizes that any person may > have an arbitrary number of addresses and phone numbers, not just 1 fax, > 1 phone, 1 pager, etc. Same idea-- model the objects, then link them as > needed to show relationships. > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 14:08 +0200, Brendan Vogt wrote: > > I've just been reading it on Amazon. Is it worthwhile to go and buy all > 3 > > volumes? > > > > I want to create my own e-commerce product in .NET, OFBiz too big for me, > > and the way things are done is not understandable for me. Will these 3 > > books help me? > > > > > > > > > > On 3 February 2010 14:03, Christopher Snow <sno...@snowconsulting.co.uk > >wrote: > > > > > From memory: > > > > > > Product Management > > > Ordering > > > Invoicing > > > Shipments > > > Workeffort > > > HR > > > > > > > > > Brendan Vogt wrote: > > > > > >> With what else does it help with? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3 February 2010 13:46, Christopher Snow < > sno...@snowconsulting.co.uk > > >> >wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> The Data Model Resource book volume 1 really helps with this. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Brendan Vogt wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> Hi, > > >>>> > > >>>> I am trying to understand how the party manager works, and how > > >>>> everything > > >>>> fits in together. Is there any documentation about understanding > the > > >>>> party > > >>>> better? Like for example, how do I find out what the different > party > > >>>> types > > >>>> are like person, customer, employee, etc? > > >>>> > > >>>> Regards, > > >>>> Brendan > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > Matt Warnock <mwarn...@ridgecrestherbals.com> > RidgeCrest Herbals, Inc. > >
