I have the same question as Ruth had: Is anyone working on such Add-on management or do we have any plan for this feature?
Furthermore, now I can see some other softwares, which are on top of ofbiz, are having more and more features which actually should be in ofbiz framework or core application level, like Add-on management, domain driven support, Ajax, more friendly report or dashboard, etc. (I am not that technical, so maybe I am wrong) As end customer or service vendor, if we choose any of those softwares, then we have to face a big problem that is how to sync ofbiz and that chosen software. (Normally, those softwares will get synced with ofbiz trunk in every big release. That means we have to wait...but sometimes we just cannot.) I know it is easy to just throw such a question but hard to come up with a solution. But I still want to know what's your thought at this point :-) -- Regards, Michael Xu (xudong) www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) 135 0135 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Ruth Hoffman <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jacques: > Thanks for the update. This is what I was wondering - if anyone was working > on this. > Ruth > > Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >> At this stage 2 points : >> >> 1) In OFBiz, there is already a basic ant task to create a component >> structure >> * ant -help and * ant -projecthelp are your friends >> * ant create-component is the task >> 2) Currently the Neogia team is buildind a concept of add-ons for OFBiz >> * It's not yet finished >> * But promising, see (mostly in French but there is an option to >> translate in English using when only in French) >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager_Design >> ** http://www.neogia.org/OFBiz_add-on/fr#Qu.27est_ce_qu.27un_Addon >> ** http://www.neogia.org/Add-on_Manager >> >> Beware I don't think it's operational yet, but the documents above can >> give you an idea of the concept >> >> HTH >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "aswath narayana" <[email protected]> >> >>> I think it will be a good idea to do administration of components in >>> OFBiz. >>> OFBiz might get bloated with infrastructure and maintainance, when we >>> start >>> doing component development within OFBiz itself. >>> >>> An alternate would be to have a plugin in Eclipse that will help in >>> building >>> of OFBiz components (A wizard interface to build a directory structure >>> and >>> ability to create database and view entities visually). >>> >>> -Aswath >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Michael Xu (xudong) >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> hi Ruth, >>>> >>>> I really like your idea, which is very similar with JIRA and >>>> Confluence's >>>> plugin model. If users can use such a wizard to install/uninstall new >>>> component on the fly (without restart), that would be more helpful to >>>> promote ofbiz to next level in SaaS wise. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Michael Xu (xudong) >>>> www.wizitsoft.com | Office: (8610) 6267 0615 ext 806 | Mobile: (86) 135 >>>> 0135 >>>> 9807 | Fax: (8610) 62670096 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Ruth Hoffman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi David: >>>> > Thanks for the quick reply. Given your response - I'm wondering if a >>>> useful >>>> > addition to OFBiz would be a feature in webtools to manage OFBiz >>>> components. >>>> > I can envision a wizard driven interface that builds the basic >>>> directory >>>> > structure and config file(s) such as the ofbiz-component.xml file >>>> necessary >>>> > to get a new component operational? This could be extended to allow >>>> for >>>> the >>>> > (sort-of) dynamic removal of components. What do you think? >>>> > >>>> > Ruth >>>> > >>>> > David E Jones wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> >>>> >> The best way to do this is just put it in the "hot-deploy" directory. >>>> When >>>> >> OFBiz starts up it will look in that directory for sub-directories >>>> that >>>> have >>>> >> a "ofbiz-component.xml" file which it will read to load resources for >>>> that >>>> >> component. >>>> >> >>>> >> -David >>>> >> >>>> >> P.S. It's good to see you around again Ruth! >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Ruth Hoffman wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hello All: >>>> >>> I'm a big fan of OFBiz - nice job on the Apache site, BTW. >>>> >>> Congratulations - it is World class! >>>> >>> >>>> >>> I've been using OFBiz off and on for a few years now for a number of >>>> >>> different projects. Recently, I had a requirement to add a custom >>>> component >>>> >>> to the application section of the framework. After a brief search of >>>> the >>>> >>> mailing lists (I have been away from the OFBiz collaborative tools >>>> for >>>> >>> sometime) and documentation I have the following question: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Is there an automatic way to add a component to the framework - or >>>> is >>>> >>> this still a manual process? I don't see any obvious webtool or >>>> other >>>> >>> mechanism for doing this through OFBiz. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Regards, >>>> >>> Ruth Hoffman >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
