Want to build a data centric business application without dirty code - PhpOpenbiz (Openbiz) is the solution! OpenBiz is a PHP application framework for professional IT developers and consultants to build web-based enterprise applications. Key features includes:
- XML Metadata-driven design principal. Developers declare business logic in metadata (zero-coding development)
- AJAX enabled browser client, Model-View-Controller (MVC), Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
- Eclipse plugin authoring tool
Target users:
- Professional IT developers
- Software consulting firms
Target applications: Openbiz framework lays a solid and rich infrastructure ground for enterprise web applications. It can be a perfect toolset to build
- CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
- Replacement for existing applications on old technology (i.e. desktop applications)
- Management/Administration System
- Company home-grown internal management systems
- Other database-driven web applications
Openbiz powers and simplifies developing web applications:
XML metadata driven framework
- All business logic and presentation objects are described by XML metadata files
- Building an application means mainly writing XML files. You don't need to write a single line of code in most development.
- Simplifies design, development and maintenance work
Data modeling by object relational mapping (ORM)
- Can connect different types databases running on different machines
- Do database actions by object interfaces, no need to write SQL statements
- Catch business logic by aggregating cross-table data into one business object
- Configurable data formatting and validation
- Leverage Zend_Db to connect different types of databases
Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern
- Business data objects and services represent Model
- Presentation objects represent View
- Request is dispatched through front Controller
- Server functions are invoked on client events through HTTP RPC
Eclipse Openbiz plugin to speed up application development
- Leverage the most popular Eclipse developing environment
- GUI interface for editing metadata files, wizards for creating metadata files
- Possible integrate with other plugin tools available for Eclipse
Rich client user experience on browser (AJAX)
- AJAX is used as the default communication method between browser and server
- Javascript OOP framework with rich set client GUI widgets
- Keyboard navigation capability with assistance of shortcut keys
Easily extendable based on Object-Oriented-Programming design
- Openbiz already provides lots of functionalities including search, sort, update, insert ...
- Implement customer business and presentation logic by extending Openbiz classes
- Customers can also invoke their functions by implementing the plug-in service
