An alternative SilverStripe story: Business applications
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This document discusses using SilverStripe as a business application framework and for developing offline applications. It describes how SilverStripe allows for rapid application development through its ORM, migrations, and included functionality. Examples are given of using SilverStripe to build a status tracking app, an offline survey tool app, and an encrypted offline portfolio database. Challenges of offline apps are also discussed, such as data storage options like IndexedDB, localStorage, appcache, and fallbacks.
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- 1. An alternative SilverStripe story: Business applications Andy Adiwidjaja, StripeCon 17
- 2. Agenda • SilverStripe as a website cms • SilverStripe as a business application framework • Side topic: Offline
- 3. Andy Adiwidjaja • Adiwidjaja Teamworks GmbH • Ahrensburg near Hamburg, Germany • Information management, systems thinking • Websites since 1999 • SilverStripe since 2009
- 4. SilverStripe as a website cms
- 6. Why not… • Wordpress • Typo 3 • Joomla • Jimdo • …
- 7. My SilverStripe-Story • CMS with mature PHP framework • Small core with few modules (SortableGridField, Translatable/Fluid, MultiSite, UserForm, BetterButtons, Elemental) • Always individual code
- 8. SilverStripe as a business application framework
- 9. Be useful.
- 16. Look for Excel! • If someone regularly sends an Excel document via email • If the CEO has an Excel document on his laptop which he prints every morning. • If there is a photo of a wall with sticky notes on it in the intranet which someone manually copies into an Excel document on a daily basis then you can probably help
- 17. AlternativeTo Enterprise software • ERP • CRM • Java • App-Development Office software • Excel • Access • Sharepoint • Email Frameworks • Laravel (+Backpack!) • Luba • Django • Rails
- 18. Rapid Application Development • Fast results • Incremental development • ORM • Migrations • Form scaffolding
- 19. Silverstripe • Very fast development • ORM, /dev/build • Batteries included • Stable • Tree structure
- 20. Work items • Status • Owner • Version • ModificationDate • Notifications
- 21. Basic app structure Filterable List Detail View
- 25. User centered design • Admin for admins • Reduced interfaces for users • Frontend-Editing • Separation of interfaces • Small use cases can be very important
- 26. There is much more to do • Reports • Semantic Versioning • Approval workflows • Automatic imports • Email automation • Attachments
- 27. Useful tools • Snappy • PHPExcel • PHPOffice • DND Upload • Offline!
- 29. Offline: Three tries • Presentations with a central CMS: iPad App • Survey tool: Cordova React App • Confidential portfolio database: Encrypted offline website
- 30. //Fetch files var filedata = json["Files"].arrayValue var configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.backgroundSessionConfigurationWithIdentifier(Sess ionProperties.identifier) var delegate = DownloadSessionDelegate.sharedInstance delegate.completeHandler = { Void -> Void in success(pagesdata) } delegate.updateHandler = update var backgroundSession = NSURLSession(configuration: configuration, delegate: delegate, delegateQueue: nil) let cachePolicy = NSURLRequestCachePolicy.ReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData for url in filedata { var stringUrl = base+url.stringValue var req = NSURLRequest(URL: NSURL(string:stringUrl)!, cachePolicy: cachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 100) var downloadTask = backgroundSession.downloadTaskWithRequest(req) delegate.addTask(downloadTask) } delegate.resumeAll() iPad App (Swift)
- 31. Neurotest • Demo
- 33. Client App Server Data Results React IndexedDB File API (imgcache.js) JSON SilverStripe Users Admins
- 35. Appcache <html lang="en-gb" manifest=„/offliner/manifest"> <iframe src="/fallback.html?v=15#iframed" style="position:absolute;top:-999em;visibility:hidden "></iframe>');
- 36. Web SQL
- 37. IndexedDB
- 38. LocalStorage
- 39. So? • Appcache for static files, images • IndexedDB or LocalStorage for content storage • Beware: Limits!
- 40. CACHE MANIFEST # 2015-12-08 16:17:37 /fallback.html /offliner/js/jquery.js /offliner/js/sjcl.js /offliner/js/offliner.js … /mysite/img/logo.png /mysite/img/logout.png /mysite/img/reload.png /mysite/img/search.png /assets/Uploads/dummy-320x240-Monkey1.jpg /assets/Uploads/logo.png NETWORK: * FALLBACK: / /fallback.html Appcache: Static files
- 41. Page data
- 42. storage
- 43. renderPage
- 44. Conclusion • SilverStripe is great as a business application framework • Offline applications are tricky, but solvable • Questions?