OFBiz Tutorials
These tutorials are designed to give you a basic knowledge of developing applications with OFBiz. Please read them in sequence. If you find any errors, please let us know.
OFBiz Cookbooks
These are our howto notes for developing with OFBIZ, written as we work with it.
Reporting
User Manuals
The User Manuals and Video Demos are also included on the opentaps/OFBiz CD.
Training Video
If you would like additional training, the opentaps/OFBIZ Developer Training Video offers you four and half hours of pre-recorded training and live development demonstration that cover many key aspects of developing with the OFBIZ framework.
Learning OFBiz
Now that you have completed the tutorials, you should have a good understanding of the OFBiz Framework, its principles, and a basic knowledge of how to build applications with it. You can probably build a small application or customize an existing one, such as the eCommerce online store, at this point.
You should not try to build a large application with OFBiz yet. Larger applications require an understanding the data model and business logic already in OFBiz. Without this knowledge, you might waste time writing duplicate code or implement poorly conceived processes.
The best way to learn OFBiz is by joining it. Dedicate some time each week to working on OFBiz. Find an issue that interests you on the issue tracker, or ask for one on the developer list. Work on it at you pace. Submit your results. Other developers‘ feedback on your work will help you learn OFBiz. If you are an experienced developer and spent the equivalent of a week, or four hours a week for about three months, you should get quite good with OFBiz.
We also offer mentoring services to help you and your team develop large-scale applications succesfully with OFBiz. Please contact us.
Thank you
Thanks to Daniel Kunkel for the screenshots of the files and directories for the Hello World tutorials.
Thanks to Christopher Cullum, Robert Riggins, Manuel Meyer, and all the others who helped with comments, corrections, and suggestions to make these tutorials better.
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