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Complex Web App with Alfresco?

nigma — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:32:34 GMT

I'm looking to create a web application for a small business that can handle forms creation, accounting/billing, records management, and user management.I was thinking I'd use Drupal as the front end, with Alfresco as the repository and Java for the guts. I do have experience building websites, as

Re: Complex Web App with Alfresco?

mrogers — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:33:35 GMT

Yes its entirely feasible.

Re: Complex Web App with Alfresco?

nigma — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:08:43 GMT

Thanks.

Could you say whether or not this combination would make the application much harder to construct? I'm currently going off the assumption that having things pre-built would shorten time. The commercial application I'm trying to eventually replace actually seems to be running off of ColdFusion (perhaps with another language in the background?).

Re: Complex Web App with Alfresco?

mrogers — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:44:36 GMT

I don't know about Drupal. :mrgreen: But the combination of some sort of a front end web tool with alfresco as a back end repository is a tried and tested solution. There are many, many web apps out there that take exactly that approach.