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Nathan,

I think the "pluggable" architecture is a key to the success of any framework. With a documented framework/API that is extensible, you don't have to wait for the vendor to deliver. Someone else might write one, or you could write your own plugin.

The open source financial software Kuali, uses a similar concept. Kuali provides very basic financial accounting. Basically is has limited functionality (G/L, A/P, Purchasing,etc) But not *all* the functionality is there. You can't write checks with it for example. It will generate a check "transaction" that can be used to print a check, or direct deposit it, or whatever, but the actual model that would produce a paper check would be provided by the college using the software. You can find the Kuali project here: http://www.kuali.org/

The basic concept is that it is a financial framework, not a complete solution, so they invite other colleges to write modules and contribute them to the project.
You might even consider a similar concept with the financial package you are developing. Your framework could provide the *core* functions including auditing, journaling and the like. And, even if you continue go the proprietary route, you could at least publish the api's that can be used to "hook up" other applications. Those apps could be written by schools or by third parties.

It isn't a bad concept when you are limited by resources. In your situation, all of the plugins could be proprietary and closed source but you get the advantage of the collaboration of many partners to deliver a complete solution.

Just a thought.

Pete


Nathan Andelin wrote:
That leads to the question - what about using Widgets from multiple libraries? Rialto doesn't appear to have an editable grid, for example. Perhaps one of the secrets to jquery's success is that it begins with a lightweight library, and invites 3rd parties to write individual plug-ins.

Nathan.



----- Original Message ----
From: Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 1:33:15 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Rialto Browser UI framework

I have been using jqGrid which leverages jQuery and it has been pretty productive, especially the inline editing which makes the grid work like Excel (good for those finance types at School Districts who seem to *love* Excel).

Pete



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