New Selectors

Extension Module Webinar

March 11th, 2010

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Agenda

Overview 5min

Module functional demonstration 15min

Technical architecture – Focused on SmartClient integration 10min

Q&A 30min

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What is a Selector?

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What is a Selector?

A selector is a UI component that assists with selection of a referenced item.

On a lower technical level, a selector enables the user to find and select foreign key items.

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Overview

Openbravo ERP 2.50 ships 13 selectors (Business Partner, Product, Account, Purchase Order, etc)

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Overview

If you want to develop or modify a selector you need to know and be confident with: Java (Servlets), SQLC/DAL (Oracle &

PostgreSQL ), XmlEngine (XML & HTML processor) etc.

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Goals

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Goals

Provide an easy way to develop and configure selectors using only the Application Dictionary.

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Goals

Proof of Concept of the new base architecture for Openbravo ERP 3.0 deployed as modules.

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Goals

You can develop and configure a selector for each Entity in the application.

You can define and test right away without coding and compilation.

Nice features like suggestion box, hide/show columns in the popup dialog

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Demo

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Vision of new architecture

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Technical architecture overview

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SmartClient module: Introduction

Presenter: David Baz (david.baz@openbravo.com)

Smartclient (Isomorphic Software)• Why?• What?• Screenshots

Demo: http://www.smartclient.com/featureExplorer.jspDocumentation: http://www.smartclient.com/product/documentation.jspForums: http://forums.smartclient.com/Download: http://www.smartclient.com/product/download.jspDaily builds: http://www.smartclient.com/builds/

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SmartClient module: Why Smartclient?

Two analysis

First iteration (with most important ajax frameworks) http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/ERP/3.00/Projects/UI_Technology

Second iteration (Dojo, ExtJS and Smartclient)http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/ERP/2.60/Projects/UI_Technology/Analysis_extjs_dojo_sc

Conclusion: SmartClient outperforms in several aspects (License, Community, Documentation, Widgets out of the box, ...)

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SmartClient module: What is Smartclient? (1/2)

RIA library

Provides:

a zero-install DHTML/AJAX client engine

rich user interface components & services

client-server databinding systems

browser independence

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SmartClient module: What is Smartclient? (2/2)

Provides: capability of new widgets creation starting from current ones

EXAMPLE: New selector

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SmartClient module: Smartclient Screenshots (Skins)

8 Skins out of the boxBasic, Black Ops

CupertinoEnterprise

FleetSilverWave

StoneTreeFrog

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SmartClient module: Smartclient Screenshots (Grids)

http://www.smartclient.com/#filterBuilderBracket

http://www.smartclient.com/#editByCell http://www.smartclient.com/#customGrouping

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SmartClient module: Smartclient Screenshots (Application Example)

http://www.smartclient.com/#showcaseApp

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SmartClient module: Smartclient Screenshots (Portal Example)

http://www.smartclient.com/#portal

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SmartClient module

The SmartClient module,

It contains the following components:

• SmartClient client side javascript libraries

• SmartClient skin for Openbravo ERP

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Wrap-up

New Selector module provides an easy way to develop and customize without coding and compiling

This module is based on the new base architecture for Openbravo ERP 3.0

SmartClient provides the client side UI framework

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Help us!

Try the New Selector in our test instance:http://79.125.36.179/openbravo/security/Menu.html

Give us feedback in the New Selector thread in the “User Experience Lab” forum:http://ln-s.net/5$nW

Learn about the architecture of the New Selector in the project's wiki page:http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/Projects/Selector

Make your own Reference and publish it as a module:http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/ERP/2.50/Developers_Guide/Examples/Reference

Iván Perdomo

ivan.perdomo@openbravo.com

http://katratxo.wordpress.com

katratxo at #openbravo

on irc.freenode.net

David Baz

david.baz@openbravo.com

xxDaViDxx at #openbravoon irc.freenode.net

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