Posted Component and Application concepts
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Glossary
Feel free to help (or not :o)
Jacques
From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[email protected]>
Hé Ruth,
I think you can begin to fill the glossary now ;o)
Jacques
From: "David E Jones" <[email protected]>
The term "application" is used somewhat well defined in the OFBiz context.
Pretty much any webapp or desktop app that exists is
an application. A single component can have zero to many applications in it.
For example the product component has a Facility
Manager application and a Catalog Manager application in it.
-David
On Oct 18, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
Hello Developers:
IMO, the word "component" has a special meaning within the OFBiz domain. [See
some of the original framework documentation for
that definition.] The term "application" is an abstraction and has not been
given a formal definition within the OFBiz domain.
At least I am not aware of that definition. If one exists,/* please
*/enlighten me.
That said, a glossary of terms would be really useful for the online help.
Once a glossary is in place, determining whether to
use the term "component" vs. "application" would be a simple decision
regardless of the target audience.
Regards,
Ruth
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Adrian Crum wrote:
Components like base, entity, and security are not applications.
-Adrian
--- On Sat, 10/17/09, Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Jacques Le Roux <[email protected]>
Subject: Application vs component
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 4:00 PM
Hi,
I have noticed that the word component is used in the
helping documentation.
I think we should better use the word applications
instead.
Component is a technical word and the helping documentation
should help at the business level.
Jacques
