APACHE: OFBIZ Development (Technical) Training contents

Training Formats Duration Instruction Language

Instructor-Led 4 Days English

Audience: Course Objectives:

 Developer  Learn what OFBiz is, and what it is capable of doing for business.
 Technical Consultant  Install and configure OFBiz to optimize system performance.
 Technical  Develop a bespoke OFBiz component. Enhance and modify existing components.
Administrator  Save time by learning how to re-use existing OFBiz code.
 Explore Entities “the basic units of the framework's Model – to simplify database
operations and perform complicated queries.
 Define, create, and call Java services in the Service Engine to build synchronous and
asynchronous communications.
 Learn syntax and schema for the OFBiz language: MiniLang. Use MiniLang to speed
up your OFBiz development.
 Acquire valuable development and performance tips that will make your custom
applications supreme.

Overview:
Apache OFBiz (Open For Business) is versatile open-source enterprise automation software that powers many small and
medium sized businesses around the world. It incorporates a number of mature applications such as ERP, e-Commerce,
MRP and CRM.
Built around an MVC framework with common logic, data model and process components, OFBiz allows existing and
bespoke applications to be added through a component-based architecture. OFBiz includes a mature suite of enterprise
applications that integrate and automate a company's many business needs
 Understand how OFBiz is put together
 Learn to create and customize business applications with OFBiz
 Gain valuable development and performance hints
 A fully illustrated tutorial with functional step-by-step examples

1. Course Outline 8.
1. Getting Started with OFBiz 9. 8. Accessing the Entities and View Entities
2. Working with OFBiz 9. The Events
3. Screen Widgets 10. The Service Engine
4. Form Widgets 11. Permissions and the Service Engine
5. Other View Element Types in Screen Widgets 12. Minilang
6. The Controller 13. Tying Up the Loose Ends
7. Entities, View Entities, and Extended Entities - Tips and Techniques