My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[yildirim . oguzhan95]

Hello everyone,

My name is Oguzhan Yildirim. I am 24 years old and i was born in Turkey.  I am 
studying computer engineering at Mugla University and next June i will 
graduate.  

I passionate about Free Software philosophy and  I always wanted to be Open 
Source contributor and nowadays i am preparing myself for Google Summer of 
Code. In my country i am part of an educational free software community. 

I like working and learning distributed systems and i am learning Java and 
Spring Framework and microservices related projects more than 2 years now. I 
read about Fineract-CN and Fineract1.x. I am really excited Fineract-CN project 
because the architecture is microservices and build on cloud native 
technologies and i want to understand project, services after that i will pick 
an issue from the Community Roadmap that would be great experience for me.

I have memory problem when i try to build Apache Fineract-CN because i have 8 
gb ram but i am trying to figure out how to solve this issue. Do you guys have 
any suggestion about it something like test servers.

In conclusion, i am newbie in software world and  i want to communicate with 
community and try to solve problems as much as i can and gain experience.

Re: My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Santosh Math]

Hi Rachit,

Welcome to Mifos/Community. We are happy to see you here.

I would urge you to take a look at these links.

This is to get you started as a contributor with Fineract CN: Link


   1. Getting Started Doc
   <
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Getting+Started+Docs?src=contextnavpagetreemode
>
   2. Take Your First Steps
   <
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Take+Your+First+Steps>
   3. Key Design Principles
   <
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Key+Design+Principles>
   4. Coding Conventions
   

These are the repositories: Apache Fineract


This is a link to how to import the microservices into Intellij - Link
<
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Importing+Fineract+CN+Microservices+Into+IntelliJ
>

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:35 PM Rachit Kansal 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Rachit Kansal. I am a working professional, and work at Nutanix
> Inc. a cloud company based in San Jose (I work in the India Office). I am
> basically looking forward to volunteer as a product manager for fineract
> and had a volunteer discovery call with @Ed Cable 
> regarding the same.
>
> *A brief about me: *
> I hold a bachelor's in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, India and
> graduated with distinction. I have been working at my current firm for a
> year and a half now. Already I have led two projects (one of which is
> on-going). I have led the projects in terms of Design, FC (feature
> complete) criteria and project management apart from being a developer.
> Also I have previously contributed to the open-source community during my
> university days. and was a part of Google Summer of Code (GSoC-2017) as a
> contributor.
>
> I have been going through some docs related to fineract and had a few basic
> questions.
>
> 1. So fineract is like the backend platform on top which our partners can
> create and use their own web or mobile clients (Similar to the Mifos-x web
> and mobile client which uses the fineract platform). Am I correct here?
>
> 2. If this is the case then, in case of fineract-cn basically our platform
> would be deployed on cloud (and broken down into microservices rather than
> the huge monolithic codebase) and then our parters can connect to this
> platform rather than hosting is privately. Am I correct in the
> understanding?
>
> 3. So in case of fineract-cn *are we taking multi-tenancy into
> consideration* as part of the design? (Here I am assuming that since
> fineract-cn would be deployed on cloud, we would not deploy multiple
> instances of it for each partner, but rather multiple clients would be
> using the same scaled-out platform and hence all the underlying
> microservices would have to be tenant aware)
>
> I wanted to know if my understanding related to fineract-cn is correct or
> not?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rachit Kansal
>


-- 
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Re: My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Vishwas Babu]

Hi Rachit,

Welcome to the Fineract and Mifos communities :)

>>1. So fineract is like the backend platform on top which our partners can
>> create and use their own web or mobile clients (Similar to the Mifos-x
web
>> and mobile client which uses the fineract platform). Am I correct here?

Yes

>> 2. If this is the case then, in case of fineract-cn basically our
platform
>> would be deployed on cloud (and broken down into microservices rather
than
>> the huge monolithic codebase) and then our parters can connect to this
>> platform rather than hosting is privately. Am I correct in the
>> understanding?

Both Fineract 1.x and Fineract-CN can be deployed privately or in the
cloud. At the end of the day, both are RESTful platforms
and an organization like Mifos can choose to host either of them for their
partners.

The key difference is that Fineract-CN is cloud native (microservices
architecture providing the advantages of containerization vs the Fineract
1.x monolith, see https://pivotal.io/cloud-native)

>>3. So in case of fineract-cn *are we taking multi-tenancy into
>> consideration* as part of the design?

Both Fineract 1.x and Fineract-CN are multi-tenant by design

Regards,
Vishwas
+1 (202) 716 6675


On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:05 AM Rachit Kansal 
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> My name is Rachit Kansal. I am a working professional, and work at Nutanix
> Inc. a cloud company based in San Jose (I work in the India Office). I am
> basically looking forward to volunteer as a product manager for fineract
> and had a volunteer discovery call with @Ed Cable 
> regarding the same.
>
> *A brief about me: *
> I hold a bachelor's in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, India and
> graduated with distinction. I have been working at my current firm for a
> year and a half now. Already I have led two projects (one of which is
> on-going). I have led the projects in terms of Design, FC (feature
> complete) criteria and project management apart from being a developer.
> Also I have previously contributed to the open-source community during my
> university days. and was a part of Google Summer of Code (GSoC-2017) as a
> contributor.
>
> I have been going through some docs related to fineract and had a few basic
> questions.
>
> 1. So fineract is like the backend platform on top which our partners can
> create and use their own web or mobile clients (Similar to the Mifos-x web
> and mobile client which uses the fineract platform). Am I correct here?
>
> 2. If this is the case then, in case of fineract-cn basically our platform
> would be deployed on cloud (and broken down into microservices rather than
> the huge monolithic codebase) and then our parters can connect to this
> platform rather than hosting is privately. Am I correct in the
> understanding?
>
> 3. So in case of fineract-cn *are we taking multi-tenancy into
> consideration* as part of the design? (Here I am assuming that since
> fineract-cn would be deployed on cloud, we would not deploy multiple
> instances of it for each partner, but rather multiple clients would be
> using the same scaled-out platform and hence all the underlying
> microservices would have to be tenant aware)
>
> I wanted to know if my understanding related to fineract-cn is correct or
> not?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rachit Kansal
>

My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Rachit Kansal]

Hi Everyone,

My name is Rachit Kansal. I am a working professional, and work at Nutanix
Inc. a cloud company based in San Jose (I work in the India Office). I am
basically looking forward to volunteer as a product manager for fineract
and had a volunteer discovery call with @Ed Cable 
regarding the same.

*A brief about me: *
I hold a bachelor's in Computer Science from BITS Pilani, India and
graduated with distinction. I have been working at my current firm for a
year and a half now. Already I have led two projects (one of which is
on-going). I have led the projects in terms of Design, FC (feature
complete) criteria and project management apart from being a developer.
Also I have previously contributed to the open-source community during my
university days. and was a part of Google Summer of Code (GSoC-2017) as a
contributor.

I have been going through some docs related to fineract and had a few basic
questions.

1. So fineract is like the backend platform on top which our partners can
create and use their own web or mobile clients (Similar to the Mifos-x web
and mobile client which uses the fineract platform). Am I correct here?

2. If this is the case then, in case of fineract-cn basically our platform
would be deployed on cloud (and broken down into microservices rather than
the huge monolithic codebase) and then our parters can connect to this
platform rather than hosting is privately. Am I correct in the
understanding?

3. So in case of fineract-cn *are we taking multi-tenancy into
consideration* as part of the design? (Here I am assuming that since
fineract-cn would be deployed on cloud, we would not deploy multiple
instances of it for each partner, but rather multiple clients would be
using the same scaled-out platform and hence all the underlying
microservices would have to be tenant aware)

I wanted to know if my understanding related to fineract-cn is correct or
not?

-- 
Regards,
Rachit Kansal

Re: [Mifos-developer] My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Jonathan Zhang]

https://github.com/apache/fineract
This is the fineract code repository, with build instructions in the README.



On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 1:13 PM Fon Lawrence 
wrote:

> Please can someone help me with where the source codes are found on GitHub,
> and guides on getting started with the setup of my Development Environment.
> Thanks
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 5:55 PM Fon Lawrence 
> wrote:
>
> > thanks for the warm welcome and the explicit history.
> >The event was about "open source" so as a java developer I begged for
> > proposals on
> > projects that were good for contribution and on the list given
> > Mifos/Fineract  was the one I loved most.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:09 AM James Dailey 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Welcome Fon -
> >>
> >> What is a GDG Buea event about?
> >>
> >> For the difference between Fineract and FIneract_CN please see:
> >>
> >>1. http://fineract.apache.org/  explains the difference between
> >> Fineract
> >>and Fineract-CN.
> >>2.
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Fineract+Home
> >>
> >> Fineract1.x is a system that is used in many institutions worldwide, and
> >> is
> >> a core-banking-application originally designed for microfinance
> >> institutions but used by a lot of other financial providers and
> finTechs.
> >> Fineract-CN is the new "cloud native" design and is in the process of
> >> being
> >> released.  It is also a microservices approach.  See the links for more
> >> info.
> >>
> >> For a bit of history, mifos was begun in 2002 and in approximately 2010
> >> launched as a separate non-profit, with a corpus of code called MifosX
> and
> >> (over time) several front end applications. Mifos transferred the MifosX
> >> code to Apache, and that is now Fineract1.x code.  Mifos later
> transferred
> >> (donated) the mifosI/O code to apache, now called fineract-CN.   Mifos
> >> retained the front end applications (android native and web) under its
> own
> >> open source (mostly apache consistent) license.  see the list of repos
> at
> >> https://github.com/openMF.
> >>
> >>
> >> James Dailey
> >> Fineract PMC Contributor @jdailey67
> >> Mifos Board Chair
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:58 AM Fon Lawrence 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hello Everyone,
> >> >
> >> > My name is Fon Lawrence. I am a Computer Science student at the
> >> University
> >> > of Buea, Cameroon. I am interested in contributing to your community.
> I
> >> > heard about the Fineract Community from a GDG Buea event.
> >> >
> >> > I am Comfortable with Java and Android and recently I began learning
> the
> >> > Spring Framework. I am also familiar with JavaScript but have not used
> >> it
> >> > extensively over the past year but I will come up to speed as
> required.
> >> I
> >> > am also interested to participate in the upcoming GSoC 2019
> competition
> >> as
> >> > an intern.
> >> >
> >> > It will be helpful if someone helped to explain the difference between
> >> > Mifos, Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN.
> >> > I will also like to know where to get started in Fineract 1.x and also
> >> > interested to know which mobile apps require contributions.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks very much.
> >> > Fon Lawrence.
> >> > Mifos-developer mailing list
> >> > mifos-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net
> >> > Unsubscribe or change settings at:
> >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mifos-developer
> >>
> >
>


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Re: [Mifos-developer] My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Fon Lawrence]

Please can someone help me with where the source codes are found on GitHub,
and guides on getting started with the setup of my Development Environment.
Thanks

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 5:55 PM Fon Lawrence 
wrote:

> thanks for the warm welcome and the explicit history.
>The event was about "open source" so as a java developer I begged for
> proposals on
> projects that were good for contribution and on the list given
> Mifos/Fineract  was the one I loved most.
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:09 AM James Dailey 
> wrote:
>
>> Welcome Fon -
>>
>> What is a GDG Buea event about?
>>
>> For the difference between Fineract and FIneract_CN please see:
>>
>>1. http://fineract.apache.org/  explains the difference between
>> Fineract
>>and Fineract-CN.
>>2. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Fineract+Home
>>
>> Fineract1.x is a system that is used in many institutions worldwide, and
>> is
>> a core-banking-application originally designed for microfinance
>> institutions but used by a lot of other financial providers and finTechs.
>> Fineract-CN is the new "cloud native" design and is in the process of
>> being
>> released.  It is also a microservices approach.  See the links for more
>> info.
>>
>> For a bit of history, mifos was begun in 2002 and in approximately 2010
>> launched as a separate non-profit, with a corpus of code called MifosX and
>> (over time) several front end applications. Mifos transferred the MifosX
>> code to Apache, and that is now Fineract1.x code.  Mifos later transferred
>> (donated) the mifosI/O code to apache, now called fineract-CN.   Mifos
>> retained the front end applications (android native and web) under its own
>> open source (mostly apache consistent) license.  see the list of repos at
>> https://github.com/openMF.
>>
>>
>> James Dailey
>> Fineract PMC Contributor @jdailey67
>> Mifos Board Chair
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:58 AM Fon Lawrence 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Everyone,
>> >
>> > My name is Fon Lawrence. I am a Computer Science student at the
>> University
>> > of Buea, Cameroon. I am interested in contributing to your community. I
>> > heard about the Fineract Community from a GDG Buea event.
>> >
>> > I am Comfortable with Java and Android and recently I began learning the
>> > Spring Framework. I am also familiar with JavaScript but have not used
>> it
>> > extensively over the past year but I will come up to speed as required.
>> I
>> > am also interested to participate in the upcoming GSoC 2019 competition
>> as
>> > an intern.
>> >
>> > It will be helpful if someone helped to explain the difference between
>> > Mifos, Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN.
>> > I will also like to know where to get started in Fineract 1.x and also
>> > interested to know which mobile apps require contributions.
>> >
>> > Thanks very much.
>> > Fon Lawrence.
>> > Mifos-developer mailing list
>> > mifos-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net
>> > Unsubscribe or change settings at:
>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mifos-developer
>>
>

Re: [Mifos-developer] My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Fon Lawrence]

thanks for the warm welcome and the explicit history.
   The event was about "open source" so as a java developer I begged for
proposals on
projects that were good for contribution and on the list given
Mifos/Fineract  was the one I loved most.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 7:09 AM James Dailey  wrote:

> Welcome Fon -
>
> What is a GDG Buea event about?
>
> For the difference between Fineract and FIneract_CN please see:
>
>1. http://fineract.apache.org/  explains the difference between
> Fineract
>and Fineract-CN.
>2. https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/Fineract+Home
>
> Fineract1.x is a system that is used in many institutions worldwide, and is
> a core-banking-application originally designed for microfinance
> institutions but used by a lot of other financial providers and finTechs.
> Fineract-CN is the new "cloud native" design and is in the process of being
> released.  It is also a microservices approach.  See the links for more
> info.
>
> For a bit of history, mifos was begun in 2002 and in approximately 2010
> launched as a separate non-profit, with a corpus of code called MifosX and
> (over time) several front end applications. Mifos transferred the MifosX
> code to Apache, and that is now Fineract1.x code.  Mifos later transferred
> (donated) the mifosI/O code to apache, now called fineract-CN.   Mifos
> retained the front end applications (android native and web) under its own
> open source (mostly apache consistent) license.  see the list of repos at
> https://github.com/openMF.
>
>
> James Dailey
> Fineract PMC Contributor @jdailey67
> Mifos Board Chair
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 7:58 AM Fon Lawrence 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > My name is Fon Lawrence. I am a Computer Science student at the
> University
> > of Buea, Cameroon. I am interested in contributing to your community. I
> > heard about the Fineract Community from a GDG Buea event.
> >
> > I am Comfortable with Java and Android and recently I began learning the
> > Spring Framework. I am also familiar with JavaScript but have not used it
> > extensively over the past year but I will come up to speed as required. I
> > am also interested to participate in the upcoming GSoC 2019 competition
> as
> > an intern.
> >
> > It will be helpful if someone helped to explain the difference between
> > Mifos, Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN.
> > I will also like to know where to get started in Fineract 1.x and also
> > interested to know which mobile apps require contributions.
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> > Fon Lawrence.
> > Mifos-developer mailing list
> > mifos-develo...@lists.sourceforge.net
> > Unsubscribe or change settings at:
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mifos-developer
>

My Introduction to the Mifos and Fineract Communities

[Fon Lawrence]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Fon Lawrence. I am a Computer Science student at the University
of Buea, Cameroon. I am interested in contributing to your community. I
heard about the Fineract Community from a GDG Buea event.

I am Comfortable with Java and Android and recently I began learning the
Spring Framework. I am also familiar with JavaScript but have not used it
extensively over the past year but I will come up to speed as required. I
am also interested to participate in the upcoming GSoC 2019 competition as
an intern.

It will be helpful if someone helped to explain the difference between
Mifos, Fineract 1.x and Fineract CN.
I will also like to know where to get started in Fineract 1.x and also
interested to know which mobile apps require contributions.

Thanks very much.
Fon Lawrence.