On 31/03/10 11:21 +0200, Cédric Krier wrote: > On 31/03/10 00:49 -0700, Daniel Austria wrote: > > The tryton system appears very promising to me. Since I am experienced > > with django and python, I can easily read the code. My question is: Do > > you ever heard about the erp5 concept? > > I do but I never use it. > > > The whole system is based on 5 > > entities (move, path, node, ressource, item) - > > http://cps.erp5.org/sections/free/erp/linuxtag.pdf/downloadFile/file/linuxtag.pdf > > (Page 6) > > > > Do you personaly think that is a good Idea? > > I think it is a good pattern and instead we use it in Tryton but we don't > expose it like ERP5 does. > > > Where is the “big > > difference” between the tryton idea and the erp5 concept? > > I will give you an example on how the ERP5 pattern can be found in Tryton > based on the sale order: > > The sales lines are movements > The products on sale lines are resources > The company, warehouse and party are nodes > The prices lists are paths > > (I don't see items in this example, but it could be a serial number linked > to product). > > > > > I m very interested in your opinion as tryton specialists. I m > > wondering if it s worth to have a look at the erp5 concept in detail. > > In Tryton, this concept is not so exposed then in ERP5. > We don't try to make the system as much customizable throught the interface. > We think that it is simplier to have just custom modules that inject the > needed code to rule your business. >
An other point that I forgot, is that they seems to use something named XMLObject to store data. In Tryton, we are closer to the Active Record pattern which means that we use the full features of the database (indexes, foreign keys, constraints etc.). -- Cédric Krier B2CK SPRL Rue de Rotterdam, 4 4000 Liège Belgium Tel: +32 472 54 46 59 Email/Jabber: [email protected] Website: http://www.b2ck.com/
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