Note that you don't have to write this for App Engine: you can write an Apps Marketplace application in any language. You may also want to ask this question in the Marketplace groups.
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 3:05 AM, Ali <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - I've been doing a bit of reading on google applications and the > idea of integrating their applications such to form a complete > product. Especially after reading case studies of small companies > shifting to google and 'customising' google applications. > > Basically I have a strong php background and this is a bit new to me. > I'm not very sure of how to approach it to begin with. Basically let > me define the situation I have or rather the mental picture of what I > want and whether or not such a thing is possible. > > We have a collaboration system built up. Basically our company takes > orders from clients via emails and processes them and once processed > those orders are archived for billing and history. A single order may > require a number of different resources which are attached along with > the order. Basically in the realm of the collaboration system a single > 'order' is an organised accumulation of all the resources such as > documents, tasks, user roles, discussions, comments etc required to > process and complete a single clients request. > > The work process is like this: > > 1 - We get an email for a request > > 2 - The email is marked as such that bang a new order is created. (An > order can be created from a single email or multiple emails can also > be attached to an order) > > 3 - Users are assigned roles on the order. > > 4 - Resources required are accumulated and attached > > 5 - Notes are posted > > 6 - Contact details of related individuals and companies are attached > > 7 - Once all required resources are accumulated eg: order has been > dispatched and reciepts etc recieved - the order is considered as > completed and done. It is then archived for billing. > > That was the scenario - currently what I'm having in mind is: > > 1- I login to GMail - we get email from a client - click some > doohickey or button on the same interface to create an order from the > email and mark it as such. > > 2 - Go into a custom Orders area where we can assign roles and users > to work on the order - users log in with their gmail accounts - would > have to set up a users management. > > 3 - Attach documents and resources using the Google Docs application > interface or a widget to the order. > > 4 - Assign contact details by somehow attaching references to contacts > already in google contacts Address book. > > 5 - Dates of order recieved and dispatched dates should be viewed on > google calendar. > > 6 - In the custom orders module - we see all orders that are open or > archived. A single order upon viewing would show - the related > email(s) from GMAIL, the attached DOcuments from Google Docs, the > concerned users who have been assigned the order... > > Thats pretty much what I'd want to see - using the robustness of > Google applications! Is the above solution possible I mean can I > really integrate GMAIL, Google Docs, Google Calendar etc attached by a > custom module which is supposed to handle my business logic - can it > be customised to that extent. > > Or is it the opposite and I have no idea of what google applications / > enterprise really is. Basically we have an application running but its > not very reliable to begin with taht is why we were thinking of using > a google based solution .. > > I really need a detailed answer on this - thanks in advance > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
