[OFBiz] Users - Need advice on ofbiz

[Fredrik Rubensson]

Hi everyone,

I am new to this list so my apologies if I am out of topic or am asking the already obvious.

I am evaluating possible commercial and/or open source solutions for an upcoming project for one of our customers and need your advice on ofbiz suitability for the task at hand. We are building an ecommerce solution with a limited number of products that will be managed in a content management system, products may be grouped in packages and there will be discount variants when purchasing certain combinations of products. The system will communicate with a backend billing system on a nightly basis (file transfer). There will also be online content products that can be subscribed to.

My conclusions this far about ofbiz is:
- It seems to be a cool product.
- It is not fully completed in all areas.
- It will take a while to learn to use it properly
- It has a rich set of features and a complex data model.

My questions are:
- How long time would be needed for a senior Java developer to get to learn ofbiz good enough to implement the described system?
- How much of the implementation effort is likely to be extensions and configuration and how much will already be available?
- Is the EJB service layer mature, well documented and easy to use?
- Are there any other questions I should ask?

Thanks,
Fredrik Rubensson


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[Jacopo Cappellato]

Hi Fredrik,

first of all, welcome to the OFBiz community.

See my comments inline,

Fredrik Rubensson wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am new to this list so my apologies if I am out of topic or am asking the already obvious.
>
> I am evaluating possible commercial and/or open source solutions for an upcoming project for one of our customers and need your advice on ofbiz suitability for the task at hand. We are building an ecommerce solution with a limited number of products that will be managed in a content management system, products may be grouped in packages and there will be discount variants when purchasing certain combinations of products. The system will communicate with a backend billing system on a nightly basis (file transfer). There will also be online content products that can be subscribed to.
>

It seems taht many of the features you need are already implemented;
some of them are in development right now (e.g. marketing packages, see
http://jira.undersunconsulting.com/browse/OFBIZ-83).
The only tricky thing could be the implementation of the integration
with the backend billing system...

> My conclusions this far about ofbiz is:
> - It seems to be a cool product.
> - It is not fully completed in all areas.
> - It will take a while to learn to use it properly
> - It has a rich set of features and a complex data model.
>
> My questions are:
> - How long time would be needed for a senior Java developer to get to learn ofbiz good enough to implement the described system?

Not too much time. My suggestion is to buy the "Data Model Resource
Book" (well, at least vol. 1) and also some of the tech/training
materials provided by Undersun consulting; also, have a look at the
"example" component to see many of the best practices in action.

> - How much of the implementation effort is likely to be extensions and configuration and how much will already be available?

Hmmm... it's difficult to say: available 90%, configuration/extensions 10%

> - Is the EJB service layer mature, well documented and easy to use?

I don't think that such a layer is available: my suggestion is to see
how the entity and service engines work.

> - Are there any other questions I should ask?

You are right... what is really important is to know the Question, not
the Answer!
;-)


Good luck,

Jacopo

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[Si Chen-2]

By the way, relating to marketing packages - we've actually got a lot of
the code written.  It's not all working yet, but we can commit it early
next week if you (or anybody else) wants to try it out.

Si

Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> Hi Fredrik,
>
> first of all, welcome to the OFBiz community.
>
> See my comments inline,
>
> Fredrik Rubensson wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am new to this list so my apologies if I am out of topic or am
>> asking the already obvious.
>>
>> I am evaluating possible commercial and/or open source solutions for
>> an upcoming project for one of our customers and need your advice on
>> ofbiz suitability for the task at hand. We are building an ecommerce
>> solution with a limited number of products that will be managed in a
>> content management system, products may be grouped in packages and
>> there will be discount variants when purchasing certain combinations
>> of products. The system will communicate with a backend billing
>> system on a nightly basis (file transfer). There will also be online
>> content products that can be subscribed to.
>>
>
> It seems taht many of the features you need are already implemented;
> some of them are in development right now (e.g. marketing packages,
> see http://jira.undersunconsulting.com/browse/OFBIZ-83).
> The only tricky thing could be the implementation of the integration
> with the backend billing system...
>
>> My conclusions this far about ofbiz is:
>> - It seems to be a cool product.
>> - It is not fully completed in all areas.
>> - It will take a while to learn to use it properly
>> - It has a rich set of features and a complex data model.
>>
>> My questions are:
>> - How long time would be needed for a senior Java developer to get to
>> learn ofbiz good enough to implement the described system?
>
>
> Not too much time. My suggestion is to buy the "Data Model Resource
> Book" (well, at least vol. 1) and also some of the tech/training
> materials provided by Undersun consulting; also, have a look at the
> "example" component to see many of the best practices in action.
>
>> - How much of the implementation effort is likely to be extensions
>> and configuration and how much will already be available?
>
>
> Hmmm... it's difficult to say: available 90%, configuration/extensions
> 10%
>
>> - Is the EJB service layer mature, well documented and easy to use?
>
>
> I don't think that such a layer is available: my suggestion is to see
> how the entity and service engines work.
>
>> - Are there any other questions I should ask?
>
>
> You are right... what is really important is to know the Question, not
> the Answer!
> ;-)
>
>
> Good luck,
>
> Jacopo
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Fredrik Rubensson
>>
>>
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>> mogul | fredrik rubensson | systems architect | hudiksvallsgatan 4
>> 113 30 stockholm sweden | [phone] |
>> [hidden email] | www.mogul.com
>>
>> This transmission is intended for the person to whom or the entity to
>> which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged,
>> confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you
>> are not the intended recipient, please be notified that any
>> dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you
>> have received this transmission in error, please notify us
>> immediately. Thank you for your cooperation.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>> _______________________________________________
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>>
>
>
>
>
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