Considering OFBiz for a new project...

[pearl865j <na...@johnpearl.com>]

Hello OFBiz,

I am currently in the early stages of project research and wanted to solicit
a little feedback from the community. I am taking an early pass at the
high-level, considering complete system architecture. I have spent the day
today reviewing a lot of the OFBiz documentation, tutorials, and even a few
screencasts. Thus far, I am encouraged with what I have seen. 

I am going for an Agile SOA approach starting with business core services
such as ERP and WMS and working out to multi-channel e-commerce and POS
concerns. I have a few questions...

I have spent the past few weeks getting up to speed with BPML and BPEL and
have become very interested in the Intalio approach to BPMS. I understand
OFBiz has its own integrated process engine. Is it BPML capable? Is process
abstracted or built into the workflow directly? Could someone
compare/contrast the OFBiz business process lifecycle versus the Intalio?
Are they compatible?

Are Xforms a possibility within the workflow?

Also, has anyone successfully integrated the Alfresco CMS or Liferay portal
solutions with OFBiz?

Lastly,I am going for an AJAXy cart solution. All of the cart examples I
have seen today seem very similar and not exactly what I am thinking about.
How customizable is the cart functionality? Specifically, one cart
requirement is to minimize redirection while shopping. We need to avoid the
"add to cart" button concept (think gap.com). Is this possible with the
OFBiz cart?

Thank you in advance for the feedback.


Regards,

John
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Re: Considering OFBiz for a new project...

[Shi Jinghai <sh...@langhua.cn>]

> I have spent the past few weeks getting up to speed with BPML and BPEL and
> have become very interested in the Intalio approach to BPMS. I understand
> OFBiz has its own integrated process engine. Is it BPML capable? Is process
> abstracted or built into the workflow directly? Could someone
> compare/contrast the OFBiz business process lifecycle versus the Intalio?
> Are they compatible?
No. As I googled, Intalio is process oriented. OFBiz is resource
oriented.

> Are Xforms a possibility within the workflow?
Don't know. You have to change your mind from process to resource.

> Also, has anyone successfully integrated the Alfresco CMS or Liferay portal
> solutions with OFBiz?
We have integrated OFBiz with OpenCms successfully. OpenCms as frontend
and OFBiz as the backoffice of the commerce.
It should be no problem to integrate the Alfresco CMS and Liferay
portal. Just use the OFBiz services.

> Lastly,I am going for an AJAXy cart solution. All of the cart examples I
> have seen today seem very similar and not exactly what I am thinking about.
> How customizable is the cart functionality? Specifically, one cart
> requirement is to minimize redirection while shopping. We need to avoid the
> "add to cart" button concept (think gap.com). Is this possible with the
> OFBiz cart?
I guess you should implement your cart outside OFBiz. The ecommerce part
of OFBiz is a sample only. You may consider it as a specialpurpose
module or a hotdeploy module.

Regards,

Shi Jinghai/Beijing Langhua Ltd.