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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Ajay Dalvi <da...@extenprise.com> on 2006/11/13 12:07:57 UTC
Addition of new application and customizing existing application
Hi All,
I am new to ofbiz. For last couple of weeks I am going through the
docs and any materials that are available to get familiear with ofbiz.
But I was not able to find out the answer to the following
questions:
1.How to add new application into the ofbiz.?
I didn't get any article or help document to do this.
2.How to customize existing application in ofbiz.
I didn't get anything for this. Is there any proper steps
tobe followed while customizing existing applicaation.
3.Ofbiz has introduce many things like widgets,screens etc. and it
uses FTL and beanshell also.
Can it be possible to add new J2EE application into the
ofbiz. This new application will be based on servlet,jsps and database
connectivity(Implementing MVC pattern).
My current requirement is, I need to use the existing applications
that ofbz provide, but I need to customize them as per the requirement.And
also I need to add new application
to the ofbiz. So that I can be able to manage/access the data from
both side i.e.e from current existing ofbiz applications as wel as the newly
added application.
Can anyone please suggest me the the ways/solutions to above problems.
Regards,
-Ajay
Re: Addition of new application and customizing existing application
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
I believe that one interesting point for beginners interested in architecture of OFBiz is also :
http://incubator.apache.org/ofbiz/VideosFrameworkIntro.html
You may find this link on 1st page of http://incubator.apache.org/ofbiz/ from where a lot may insterest you...
Jacques
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashish Vijaywargiya" <to...@yahoo.com>
To: <of...@incubator.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Addition of new application and customizing existing application
> Hello Ajay,
>
> > 1.How to add new application into the
> > ofbiz.?
> The best place to add new application in the ofbiz is
> hot-deploy directory.You can maintain your own
> customized application over there.
>
> >> 2.How to customize existing application in
> >> ofbiz.
> The best way to customize existing application is
> first you get familier with ofbiz and then you can
> customize it as per as your requirements.
>
> The best place to start is the tutorial shared by Si
> Chen (One of the main committer of Ofbiz project) :
> http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/tutorials.php
> Please spend some time in learning the included
> technologies in ofbiz from the Si's tutorial.
>
> 3.Ofbiz has introduce many things like
> > widgets,screens etc. and it
> > uses FTL and beanshell also.
> > Can it be possible to add new J2EE
> > application into the
> > ofbiz. This new application will be based on
> > servlet,jsps and database
> > connectivity(Implementing MVC pattern).
>
> Ajay,Ofbiz has changed a lot to provide the best
> technologies to develop the more stable,robust and
> secure solutions and eassy to maintain since it
> started.Each technologies are introduced after the
> long and pretty good discussion on the mailing list.So
> offcourse those technologies are very good to go ahead
> for stable solution.Initially ofbiz Uses the
> Jsp,JPublish but due to some issues it is shifted to
> ftl & widgets.Although you can also use the old
> concept to use JSP instead ftl if you like.
>
> See for the database connectivity the Entity
> Engine that is written by David E. Jones and Andy is
> superb tool to work with.So I will highly recommend to
> use Entity Engine instead of other solutions for
> database connectivity.
>
> > My current requirement is, I need to use the
> > existing applications that ofbz provide, but I need
> >to customize them as per the requirement.And
> > also I need to add new application to the ofbiz
>
> The best way to go ahead with this is try the Opentaps
> online demo first and spent some time in learning how
> the CRMSFA and Financial component(Developed by Si
> Chen's Team at opensourcestrategies) work together
> with ofbiz.
> http://www.opentaps.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=50
>
> You can also download and try this two
> component(CRMSFA & Financials) into the hot-deploy
> directory of the ofbiz.See the links below for further
> details :
>
> http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/accounting.php
> Source code access of Financials component:
> (svn co
> svn://svn.opentaps.org/financials/versions/0.9/trunk/
> financials)
>
> http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/open_source_crm.php
> Source code access of CRMSFA component:
> (svn co
> svn://svn.opentaps.org/crmsfa/versions/1.0/trunk/
> crmsfa)
>
> And the most important is to learn by doing and
> reviewing the code contributed and shared in Ofbiz
> project.There are soo many links(like old wiki,new
> wiki,documents) on the ofbiz home site to learn more
> about it.
>
> I hope the above details will help you upto some
> extend to go ahead with your development.
>
> Regards
> Ashish Vijaywargiya
>
>
> --- Ajay Dalvi <da...@extenprise.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > I am new to ofbiz. For last couple of weeks
> > I am going through the
> > docs and any materials that are available to get
> > familiear with ofbiz.
> > But I was not able to find out the answer to
> > the following
> > questions:
> > 1.How to add new application into the
> > ofbiz.?
> > I didn't get any article or help
> > document to do this.
> > 2.How to customize existing application in
> > ofbiz.
> > I didn't get anything for this. Is
> > there any proper steps
> > tobe followed while customizing existing
> > applicaation.
> > 3.Ofbiz has introduce many things like
> > widgets,screens etc. and it
> > uses FTL and beanshell also.
> > Can it be possible to add new J2EE
> > application into the
> > ofbiz. This new application will be based on
> > servlet,jsps and database
> > connectivity(Implementing MVC pattern).
> >
> > My current requirement is, I need to use the
> > existing applications
> > that ofbz provide, but I need to customize them as
> > per the requirement.And
> > also I need to add new application
> > to the ofbiz. So that I can be able to
> > manage/access the data from
> > both side i.e.e from current existing ofbiz
> > applications as wel as the newly
> > added application.
> >
> >
> > Can anyone please suggest me the the ways/solutions
> > to above problems.
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Ajay
> >
>
>
>
>
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Re: Addition of new application and customizing existing application
Posted by Ashish Vijaywargiya <to...@yahoo.com>.
Hello Ajay,
> 1.How to add new application into the
> ofbiz.?
The best place to add new application in the ofbiz is
hot-deploy directory.You can maintain your own
customized application over there.
>> 2.How to customize existing application in
>> ofbiz.
The best way to customize existing application is
first you get familier with ofbiz and then you can
customize it as per as your requirements.
The best place to start is the tutorial shared by Si
Chen (One of the main committer of Ofbiz project) :
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/tutorials.php
Please spend some time in learning the included
technologies in ofbiz from the Si's tutorial.
3.Ofbiz has introduce many things like
> widgets,screens etc. and it
> uses FTL and beanshell also.
> Can it be possible to add new J2EE
> application into the
> ofbiz. This new application will be based on
> servlet,jsps and database
> connectivity(Implementing MVC pattern).
Ajay,Ofbiz has changed a lot to provide the best
technologies to develop the more stable,robust and
secure solutions and eassy to maintain since it
started.Each technologies are introduced after the
long and pretty good discussion on the mailing list.So
offcourse those technologies are very good to go ahead
for stable solution.Initially ofbiz Uses the
Jsp,JPublish but due to some issues it is shifted to
ftl & widgets.Although you can also use the old
concept to use JSP instead ftl if you like.
See for the database connectivity the Entity
Engine that is written by David E. Jones and Andy is
superb tool to work with.So I will highly recommend to
use Entity Engine instead of other solutions for
database connectivity.
> My current requirement is, I need to use the
> existing applications that ofbz provide, but I need
>to customize them as per the requirement.And
> also I need to add new application to the ofbiz
The best way to go ahead with this is try the Opentaps
online demo first and spent some time in learning how
the CRMSFA and Financial component(Developed by Si
Chen's Team at opensourcestrategies) work together
with ofbiz.
http://www.opentaps.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=21&Itemid=50
You can also download and try this two
component(CRMSFA & Financials) into the hot-deploy
directory of the ofbiz.See the links below for further
details :
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/accounting.php
Source code access of Financials component:
(svn co
svn://svn.opentaps.org/financials/versions/0.9/trunk/
financials)
http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz/open_source_crm.php
Source code access of CRMSFA component:
(svn co
svn://svn.opentaps.org/crmsfa/versions/1.0/trunk/
crmsfa)
And the most important is to learn by doing and
reviewing the code contributed and shared in Ofbiz
project.There are soo many links(like old wiki,new
wiki,documents) on the ofbiz home site to learn more
about it.
I hope the above details will help you upto some
extend to go ahead with your development.
Regards
Ashish Vijaywargiya
--- Ajay Dalvi <da...@extenprise.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am new to ofbiz. For last couple of weeks
> I am going through the
> docs and any materials that are available to get
> familiear with ofbiz.
> But I was not able to find out the answer to
> the following
> questions:
> 1.How to add new application into the
> ofbiz.?
> I didn't get any article or help
> document to do this.
> 2.How to customize existing application in
> ofbiz.
> I didn't get anything for this. Is
> there any proper steps
> tobe followed while customizing existing
> applicaation.
> 3.Ofbiz has introduce many things like
> widgets,screens etc. and it
> uses FTL and beanshell also.
> Can it be possible to add new J2EE
> application into the
> ofbiz. This new application will be based on
> servlet,jsps and database
> connectivity(Implementing MVC pattern).
>
> My current requirement is, I need to use the
> existing applications
> that ofbz provide, but I need to customize them as
> per the requirement.And
> also I need to add new application
> to the ofbiz. So that I can be able to
> manage/access the data from
> both side i.e.e from current existing ofbiz
> applications as wel as the newly
> added application.
>
>
> Can anyone please suggest me the the ways/solutions
> to above problems.
>
> Regards,
> -Ajay
>
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