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| Can I use Eclipse for an Inventory Reservation System? [message #270502] |
Fri, 24 April 2009 08:26  |
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I am looking to replace an existing Inventory (Electronic AD) Reservation
System. There is not much information on web. This system would be similar
to a shopping cart in that you can search for product/inventory and when
you find something that you want, instead of making a purchase, you
reserve the inventory. Integration with other systems will be key in
updating status and figuring out business rules. Is there anything in the
eclipse world that Yellowbook could use?
I have listed some basic requirements below. Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks.
Product Inventory:
The System must provide a centralized product inventory that is
accessible via a web based interface and through system interfaces
The system must be able to access inventory by Book codes and Geography
codes
The System must have the ability to interact with other internal
applications
The System must be expandable from the perspective of products and
inventory size.
Business Rules:
The system must allow for different business rules for Book and
Geography reservations (I.E. Length of reservation, print premium close
date, geo buy)
Each Sales Representative can reserve only a limited number of products.
The system must allow for a waiting list for reservations
A Sales Rep must be able to see who (advertiser and sales rep) has
reserved all limited inventory products in their area.
System Functionality:
The System should be web based and consistent with a Sales Force
Automation platform
The System must allow for bulk load of Inventory
The System must be able to Link to external sites for research purposes
Reporting:
The System must provide real-time reporting within the application.
The System must have the capability to feed the Data Warehouse / Cognos
Reports
Thanks,
John Kenney
2560 Renaissance Blvd
King of Prussia, PA 19406-2763
610.879.3879
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| Re: Can I use Eclipse for an Inventory Reservation System? [message #270509 is a reply to message #270502] |
Fri, 24 April 2009 11:53  |
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"YBResearch " <john.kenney@yellowbook.com> wrote in message
news:a21f089ec366a2ab433eb122bd5972e6$1@www.eclipse.org...
>I am looking to replace an existing Inventory (Electronic AD) Reservation
>System. There is not much information on web. This system would be similar
>to a shopping cart in that you can search for product/inventory and when
>you find something that you want, instead of making a purchase, you reserve
>the inventory. Integration with other systems will be key in updating
>status and figuring out business rules. Is there anything in the eclipse
>world that Yellowbook could use?
It's a big world, so yes, of course there is. For instance, you might want
to use Eclipse as an IDE to help you develop your code. But if you're
asking whether you should base your application on Eclipse infrastructure
(either with Equinox, the base platform, or with Rich Client Platform, the
desktop application infrastructure), I'd tend to say "no".
Your application sounds like a normal n-tier web application, so you should
use the well-established patterns for n-tier web applications. As a
development framework, Eclipse 3.x isn't really intended as the base of a
web app, it's more aimed at desktop apps, though I think that may be
changing in Eclipse 4 (which won't be out for a while).
You can find a worked example of a typical scalable n-tier web app at
http://www.terracotta.org/web/display/orgsite/Web+App+Refere nce+Implementation -
the technology stack is described at
http://www.terracotta.org/web/display/orgsite/Exam+App+Techn ologies . That
just happens to be an example that I worked on, but there are many others.
We used Eclipse extensively in the development of this app but it does not
use Eclipse at runtime.
There are plenty of consultants out there who can help you design and
implement an app like what you describe. Eric Rizzo, who posts to this
group often, is one such.
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| Re: Can I use Eclipse for an Inventory Reservation System? [message #270519 is a reply to message #270509] |
Fri, 24 April 2009 14:30 |
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Originally posted by: eclipse-news.rizzoweb.com
Walter Harley wrote:
> "YBResearch " <john.kenney@yellowbook.com> wrote in message
> news:a21f089ec366a2ab433eb122bd5972e6$1@www.eclipse.org...
>> I am looking to replace an existing Inventory (Electronic AD) Reservation
>> System. There is not much information on web. This system would be similar
>> to a shopping cart in that you can search for product/inventory and when
>> you find something that you want, instead of making a purchase, you reserve
>> the inventory. Integration with other systems will be key in updating
>> status and figuring out business rules. Is there anything in the eclipse
>> world that Yellowbook could use?
>
> It's a big world, so yes, of course there is. For instance, you might want
> to use Eclipse as an IDE to help you develop your code. But if you're
> asking whether you should base your application on Eclipse infrastructure
> (either with Equinox, the base platform, or with Rich Client Platform, the
> desktop application infrastructure), I'd tend to say "no".
>
> Your application sounds like a normal n-tier web application, so you should
> use the well-established patterns for n-tier web applications. As a
> development framework, Eclipse 3.x isn't really intended as the base of a
> web app, it's more aimed at desktop apps, though I think that may be
> changing in Eclipse 4 (which won't be out for a while).
>
> You can find a worked example of a typical scalable n-tier web app at
> http://www.terracotta.org/web/display/orgsite/Web+App+Refere nce+Implementation -
> the technology stack is described at
> http://www.terracotta.org/web/display/orgsite/Exam+App+Techn ologies . That
> just happens to be an example that I worked on, but there are many others.
> We used Eclipse extensively in the development of this app but it does not
> use Eclipse at runtime.
>
> There are plenty of consultants out there who can help you design and
> implement an app like what you describe. Eric Rizzo, who posts to this
> group often, is one such.
Thanks for the recommendation, Walter. I was about to respond myself;
glad I read yours first :-)
I second what Walter says about using Eclipse as the development tool -
it can indeed be used to develop just about any kind of Java application
you can dream up (and C/C++, PHP, and more).
Since you don't say if there are requirements that would dictate a rich
client versus a broswer-based application, I'll just mention that
Eclipse RCP can certainly be used to build a client for the kind of
system you describe. It could talk to a web service (JAX or REST/HTTP or
whatever protocol you need), or directly to a database, or use messaging
(ala JMS) or anything else. IT all depends on the requiremets of the
project. I just wanted to point out that a browser-based "web app" is
not necessarily the best choice; it might be, but it might not be.
I know commercial marketing or salesmanship is generally out of place
here, but... I would be happy to discuss in more detail with you and
offer my professional services. Feel free to contact me directly at
consulting "at" rizzoweb "dot" com
Hope this helps,
Eric
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