I'm glad this conversation is openly being discussed. I'm glad there's a dedicated group of Java pros associated with the project and not just the author.
Confession: I'm still afraid of the monster and don't feel comfortable if a customer was screaming at me the system is down and asking what is wrong? I hope through this list my comfort level will improve. On Wed, 2016-04-13 at 13:37 -0700, Skip wrote: > I have servers running a month or more without restart and then usually > because of a change in java code. > > -----Original Message----- > From: anon [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 12:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Ofbiz Development > > > Wow... Interesting and refreshing. I had the feeling, I would have had > to restart after every single change. > Thanks a lot Pierre for the clarification. I like that. > > I will also take a look at Bigfish. > > > Regards. > On 04/13/2016 09:39 PM, Pierre Smits wrote: > > Hi anon <[email protected]>. > > > > Jumpstarting development is easy: > > > > 1. Use the ./ant create-component task to create a complete skeleton of > > a hot-deployment component. And after an ./ant build start you are > > ready to > > use the skeleton. Just make sure that you load the component's > > permissions > > after the startup (in webtools) > > 2. You can create widgets (screens, forms) without it requiring a > > restart > > 3. You can can create freemarker templates and groovy scripts without it > > requiring a restart > > 4. You can create request-map and view-map URI's without it requiring a > > restart > > > > The elements of a component requiring a restart is services and Java code > > (as it needs to be compiled. Adding new labels to the Label.xml files of > > the component doesn't require a restart, but the cache needs to be flushed > > to see the effects (again this is done in the webtools component). > > > > I trust the above will help you jumpstart your development. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > > > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> > > OFBiz based solutions & services > > > > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace > > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Nick Rosser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> You could check-out BigFish -- an open-source eCommerce framework that > >> complements OFBiz. Bigfish.solveda.com. > >> Nick > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: anon [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 3:12 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Ofbiz Development > >> > >> Hello List, > >> I have been looking at the tutorials on youtube of the ofbiz framework and > >> I was wondering what the development experience look like. I noticed in the > >> vid that the server has to be restarted frequently and that the startup > >> time can take more that 5 min. Is that really what is going on? > >> After seeing that, I tried the moqui framework, because I am looking for a > >> fully loaded opensource ecommerce framework. Sadly, moqui uses gradle and I > >> do not have a good experience with gradle. It is just too slow for my > >> taste. Is there any trick that you guys use to speed up thae ofbiz startup > >> time or do you guys just live with it? I left Javaland years ago because of > >> that issue... > >> Thanks. > >> > >
