After much feedback from the community it was clear that the original idea behind Slatwall, to only operate as a "piggy back" on top of existing inventory management platforms, just wasn't going to cut it. So we have scratched the original code and with the assistance of Sumit Verma we have designed a new Open Source platform that doesn't rely on an additional database system.
While the project is in its infancy we have set up a Code Repository and Wiki with Developer Guide / Product Roadmap which can all be found here: http://github.com/ten24/Slatwall
This new code base is a complete re-design from what Nytro.com is using, and in principle this is really like starting from scratch. We have decided to utilize FW/1, Coldspring & Coldfusion ORM. I encourage everyone to check out the product Roadmap which as of now has an expected public launch of April 1st.
A big thank you to everyone who showed interest in the Nytro.com website and the e-Commerce plug-in that was developed for it. You all provided the feedback necessary to settle on this new version of the software that will I hope be able to be used by businesses large and small. For future follow up please reference the GitHub site.
Comments
- Aileen Posted: May 13, 2011, 5:29 PM
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Great thinking! That raelly breaks the mold!
- David Posted: May 15, 2011, 8:40 AM
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I've been looking at the code, and its pretty amazing! I'm new to OOP. Do you recommend switching to the tagless type of CFC coding? Or are there no differences in performance between <cfcomponent> vs component?
Thanks Greg!
All the best,
David
- Greg Moser Posted: May 16, 2011, 5:04 PM
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@ David,
Mostly the reason that we decided to go with script based CFC's was simply because it is faster to type code in script. As for the performance comparison, I've heard arguments on both sides and the differences are mostly negligible for all intents and purposes.
- David Posted: May 16, 2011, 6:39 PM
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Thanks for the insight! I'm working on converting an existing Mura plugin utilizing ORM and FW/1, so i'm excited to look at your examples, as they look super clean, and i'm needing a good blueprint for OOP design as i'm new to it. Have you been using CF builder 2 to do your dev work on this project? Testing it on multiple CF engines?
- Greg Moser Posted: May 16, 2011, 6:47 PM
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We definitely plan to have the plug-in tested on Railo 3.2, but haven't spent much time testing as of yet. As for the IDE, all of us are using CF Builder 2.0 and I can't say enough about how great it is. We also use eGit to interface with the github repository.
