Bookreview 'Getting Started with Apache OFBiz Accounting' by Sharan Foga

[Pierre Smits]

Hi all,

A few days ago I received the upcoming book 'Getting Started with Apache
OFBiz Accounting' by our fellow contributor Sharan Foga. I did a review of
the book and published it online.

Read it at:
http://www.orrtiz.com/blog/-/blogs/getting-started-with-apache-ofbiz-accounting

Regards,

Pierre Smits

*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>*
Services & Solutions for Cloud-
Based Manufacturing, Professional
Services and Retail & Trade
http://www.orrtiz.com

[Sharan-F]

Hi Pierre

Thanks very much for the review!

Based on it I've been getting quite a few queries from people asking where and when the book will be available so here's a quick update.

This week I've been doing a full review (yes - all 417 pages!) to correct any spelling mistakes etc, I'm also making some minor format changes and adding another Appendix (suggested by Pierre) on Accounting XML Data Import/Export.

I'm expecting to finish it today or tomorrow morning at the latest so with luck the earliest the book will be available will be later next week. The book will only be available as a paperback on Lulu.

Thanks
Sharan

[Jacques Le Roux]

Kudos Sharan, your last book (on manufacturing) was really interesting to read, looking forward for this one!

Jacques

Le 24/07/2014 07:49, Sharan-F a écrit :

> Hi Pierre
>
> Thanks very much for the review!
>
> Based on it I've been getting quite a few queries from people asking where
> and when the book will be available so here's a quick update.
>
> This week I've been doing a full review (yes - all 417 pages!) to correct
> any spelling mistakes etc, I'm also making some minor format changes and
> adding another Appendix (suggested by Pierre) on Accounting XML Data
> Import/Export.
>
> I'm expecting to finish it today or tomorrow morning at the latest so with
> luck the earliest the book will be available will be later next week. The
> book will only be available as a paperback on Lulu.
>
> Thanks
> Sharan
>
>
>
>
>
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>

Thank you for doing documentation.
Ofbiz is so great but it is a bit difficult to understand without good docs.

Joel

[Pierre Smits]

Hi Joel,

If you investigating manufacturing, you should look into the other bookd by
Sharan Foga, called 'Getting Started with Apache OFBiz Manufacturing'. That
book is also available via Lulu.Com, see:
http://www.lulu.com/shop/sharan-foga/getting-started-with-apache-ofbiz-manufacturing-mrp/paperback/product-21280140.html

Best regards,

Pierre Smits

*ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>*
Services & Solutions for Cloud-
Based Manufacturing, Professional
Services and Retail & Trade
http://www.orrtiz.com


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:45 PM, [hidden email] <
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> Thank you for doing documentation.
> Ofbiz is so great but it is a bit difficult to understand without good
> docs.
>
> Joel
>
>
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I just ordered it along with Ruth's book on ecomerce.
I am doing development for a POS system, to use ofbiz for inventory management.
After scouring the web (there are many great tutorials online) I have a pretty good start.
I do feel reading any docs is a good investment, as the modules seem pretty hooked together, and it is not that intuitive. Although after a month of goofing about I do think it is not as  hard as it seemed, once you get used to how it works. Having worked through the hotwax tutorial on product screen and the developers tutorial (https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Tutorial+-+A+Beginners+Development+Guide) Many of the concepts for doing development are available. My issue is with me, as there are several ways to do the same thing, and it can become a bit confusing what to use. Java, mini language, or groovy. XML or FTL, event versus service or seca etc. I am just trying to see what was done before me and using the same methods as much as I can in a hot-deploy project. It is coming along well. I am a big ofbiz fan, and that is why I bought those books today. Maybe I can write something from a basic use point of view. The docs available are great, but I was a little in the dark and some of the fields are not well described. Many times you can find a specific tutorial about it and it gives good detail, but many times it takes digging in the archive (thank god for this resource). Many thaanks to all who have documented ofbiz, as a new user I can tell you I appreciated every bit of documents, tutorials, etc.

[JulienNicolas]

Hello Joel,

Is your inventory management based on POS is on Apache or Free software Licences ?
In this case, we are interested to be informed about evolutions.

Could you provide a link to the repository that allow us to test it.

We are working on production follow up and traceability component for factory since 2013 that could be interesting for you too, take a look at :

https://github.com/nomakaFr

Thanks!

Julien.

Le 25/07/2014 14:19, [hidden email] a écrit :

I just ordered it along with Ruth's book on ecomerce.
I am doing development for a POS system, to use ofbiz for inventory
management.
After scouring the web (there are many great tutorials online) I have a
pretty good start.
I do feel reading any docs is a good investment, as the modules seem pretty
hooked together, and it is not that intuitive. Although after a month of
goofing about I do think it is not as  hard as it seemed, once you get used
to how it works. Having worked through the hotwax tutorial on product screen
and the developers tutorial
(https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/OFBiz+Tutorial+-+A+Beginners+Development+Guide)
Many of the concepts for doing development are available. My issue is with
me, as there are several ways to do the same thing, and it can become a bit
confusing what to use. Java, mini language, or groovy. XML or FTL, event
versus service or seca etc. I am just trying to see what was done before me
and using the same methods as much as I can in a hot-deploy project. It is
coming along well. I am a big ofbiz fan, and that is why I bought those
books today. Maybe I can write something from a basic use point of view. The
docs available are great, but I was a little in the dark and some of the
fields are not well described. Many times you can find a specific tutorial
about it and it gives good detail, but many times it takes digging in the
archive (thank god for this resource). Many thaanks to all who have
documented ofbiz, as a new user I can tell you I appreciated every bit of
documents, tutorials, etc.



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Still waiting on the books. I guess LULU prints on demand.
They have been shipped though.
Let us know when the accounting book becomes available.

I see it is available now, so I ordered it along with the data modeling books.
Nice to have this resource (list of pertinent books available).

[pinballpaul]

I would LOVE an accounting book!

On Aug 1, 2014, at 10:02 AM, [hidden email] wrote:

> Still waiting on the books. I guess LULU prints on demand.
> They have been shipped though.
> Let us know when the accounting book becomes available.
>
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[Pierre Smits-2]

It should be available now

Sent from my iPhone

> On 1 aug. 2014, at 17:02, "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Still waiting on the books. I guess LULU prints on demand.
> They have been shipped though.
> Let us know when the accounting book becomes available.
>
>
>
> --
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That is what I meant I was able to order a copy.
http://www.lulu.com/shop/sharan-foga/getting-started-with-apache-ofbiz-accounting/paperback/product-21729229.html

I guess lulu prints it after you order it though.
The first books I ordered have been printed, so it took aprx 4 days for them to print them.
They do notify you when printed so you can have an idea when to see them.

I am looking forward to the books as well.

Thanks again for taking the time to document the various systems (accounting, and manufacturing).
Also Thanks for the other books from other authors and all the web content tutorials etc.

Just FYI I did get the three books I ordered from lulu press, so it was pretty fast (like 4 days to print and 4 to deliver) using cheap delivery.

They all seem well written from a quick look.