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Alfresco RIA Clients

jpfi
Champ in-the-making
Champ in-the-making
hi Guys,
I'd like to take the launch of docasu (http://code.optaros.com/trac/docasu/) to start a discussion about Alfresco and RIA clients.
I think the first RIA was opsoro (http://opsoro.org & http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Opsoro).
The next was Steve Reiner's FlexSpaces (http://www.integratedsemantics.org/ & http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/)
There are also two guys (Denis Halupa & Daniel Gradecak) who are currently developing another client & framework (http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=11987&p=41478&hilit=extjs#p41478)

So many projects to, why?
My Answers:
  • There is a need for a simple Alfresco Client where a normal user can do their "homework"

  • WebScripts are a nice technology to solve the prob. on the serverside

  • ExtJS or Flex are apparently the best clientside technology
Ok, but why do we need 4 different approaches (perhaps 3, because steve's Flex client is not based on ExtJs)?
We all want to reach the same, perhaps with a different main focus, but the goal is to provide a simple to use and smart RIA Client for Alfresco, or not?
Why don't we combine our efforts? At least docasu and opsoro appear to me as twins. Opsoro has a preview, tag & category browser and a My Alfresco Portal, docasu has the missing write access methods like createFolder, checkIn, checkOut, a Clipboard, Favorites…
Why doesn't Alfresco jump on the bandwagon?
my 2cents…feedback highly welcome,
Jan
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dhalupa
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Don't know about o
Whatever client I try I find several details that are representing showstoppers for a real serious project. So I really wonder what client is used in real-world projects…

Don't know about others, but I can confirm that Jibe framework is used successfully to build applications in real-world projects.

Kind regards,

Denis
http://jibeframework.org

stevereiner
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FlexSpaces is being used in real world projects (that I know about)
With the recently release version (0.9),  FlexSpaces is now more complete.
(CMIS Spaces and FlexibleShare are less complete)

http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/
http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/cmisspaces/
http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexibleshare/

Steve Reiner
http://www.integratedsemantics.org
http://www.integratedsemantics.com

mwildam
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Don't know about others, but I can confirm that Jibe framework is used successfully to build applications in real-world projects.
http://jibeframework.org
I have not seen the Jibe yet - only read on the project page and that seemed to be just a framework and not a ready-to-use client. Is that true?

FlexSpaces is being used in real world projects (that I know about)
With the recently release version (0.9),  FlexSpaces is now more complete.
http://forge.alfresco.com/projects/flexspaces/
I gave it a quick try and I could not get it to work with Alfresco Labs 3.1. Should this work?

stevereiner
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Tested FlexSpaces 0.9 with Alfresco Labs 3 final/stable (did they rename it 3.1?) Should work with 3.1 Enterprise and 3.2 Lab previews. Main thing is to get the webscripts installed via importing the integratedsemantics.zip (and then restart server or refresh webscript registration), and configure client FlexSpacesConfig.xml.  For more support on getting it installed / working  use the FlexSpaces forum   http://forge.alfresco.com/forum/?group_id=149  and I will help you out.

dhalupa
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Don't know about others, but I can confirm that Jibe framework is used successfully to build applications in real-world projects.
http://jibeframework.org
I have not seen the Jibe yet - only read on the project page and that seemed to be just a framework and not a ready-to-use client. Is that true?

Yes, Jibe is a framework, but there is also a Reference application which demonstrates capabilities of the framework itself. Reference application is a perfectly capable Repository client with a quite a lot of content management features implemented which are accessible via context sensitive menus and by using drag and drop.

http://forge.alfresco.com/frs/?group_id=195&release_id=420

jibe-core.amp [Core framework]
jibe-repobrowser.amp [Reference application]

Feel free to try it out

Kind regards,

Denis

efestione
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Hi all,
as far as I can see this is the state of art of all of these RIA clients…
please correct me if I am wrong:

  • Flexspaces is really active and the ver 0.94 is compatible with Alfresco 33G;
  • ExtAlf is still in development; http://louise.hu/poet/?p=927;
  • AlfExt became Jibe and we are waiting for a 3.3G compatible version;
  • Opsoro is no longer active (the latest release is two years old);
  • The latest release of Docasu is compatible with Alfresco 3.2;
  • Seam Client for Alfresco rivet: we are waiting for a 3.3G compatible version;

  • Any other?

    bye
    Ale

    jpfi
    Champ in-the-making
    Champ in-the-making
    hi,
    yub, opsoro is no longer active. Take it as a PoC about WebScript & extJS usage.
    cheers, jan