The framework is build on ORM and MVC principles, allowing easy and fast application development.
Here are some key features of "OpenBiz":
Key Features:
· 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
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, etc.
· Implement customer business and presentation logic by extending Openbiz classes
· Customers can also invoke their functions by implementing the plug-in service
Requirements:
· PHP 5 or higher
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