City Guide app using ofbiz

[Edward Banfa-2]

Hello all,

 

I am looking to design a city guide application using Ofbiz. The application
basically list locations (Hotels, Restaurants, Shops, Parks e.t.c) in a
city. Each location will also be associated with some graphic media e.g
photos or videos. Some of these locations (e.g. a certain car dealer) have
different types of products for sale, while some other locations (e.g the
beach/park) don't have a product for sale. I thought about using facility
manager for these locations but in my case some locations don't have a
product for sale so I guess inventory will be zero. My greatest hindrance is
my lack of deep understanding of Ofbiz e.g what entities to use. I think
Ofbiz is a cool app development platform and I would like to reuse as much
of the existing infrastructure as possible.

 

Please I will greatly appreciate any form of advice or pointers to more
information.

 

Thanks in advance

 

Regards,

 

Edward Banfa

 

24 Park Lane

Apapa GRA,

Lagos Nigeria

[David E Jones]

I recommend you read through the two volumes of The Data Model  
Resource Book, Revised Edition. For more info see:

http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Related+Books

There is some additional information in the comments of the data model  
itself (description elements actually). Beyond that you can search  
through the code to see how things are used. Of course, if your  
questions are about which entity to use for a particular purpose, only  
a human can really answer that sort of thing, and only safely/
accurately/usefully if it is done after sufficient analysis and design.

-David


On Jun 4, 2008, at 3:50 AM, Edward Banfa wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I am looking to design a city guide application using Ofbiz. The  
> application
> basically list locations (Hotels, Restaurants, Shops, Parks e.t.c)  
> in a
> city. Each location will also be associated with some graphic media  
> e.g
> photos or videos. Some of these locations (e.g. a certain car  
> dealer) have
> different types of products for sale, while some other locations  
> (e.g the
> beach/park) don't have a product for sale. I thought about using  
> facility
> manager for these locations but in my case some locations don't have a
> product for sale so I guess inventory will be zero. My greatest  
> hindrance is
> my lack of deep understanding of Ofbiz e.g what entities to use. I  
> think
> Ofbiz is a cool app development platform and I would like to reuse  
> as much
> of the existing infrastructure as possible.
>
>
>
> Please I will greatly appreciate any form of advice or pointers to  
> more
> information.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Edward Banfa
>
>
>
> 24 Park Lane
>
> Apapa GRA,
>
> Lagos Nigeria
>