The eXpressApp Framework to Modularize

Question

I am R&D Manager in our company. I am looking for good solution to modularize our product. Our company is working on financial and official system. It has many subsystem. We want to combine different subsystem and modularize them, something like Oracle ERP. We want to separate different subsystem and when our customer want special subsystem select them from solution.

Do you think We can use "The eXpressApp Framework"? Please guide me on that

Answer 1

As I know eXpressApp Framework (aka "XAF"), your question cannot be answered with a straight "yes" or "no". XAF has many traits that makes it an awesome platform for a modularized system, but it also comes with some limitations. If you want to use a legacy database, XAF will do a great job in generating persistent classes and a working interface (WinForms and/or ASP.NET) for you. The built-in security-system will let you grant permissions to those classes (and related listviews and detailviews) in a modular way.

However, any logic contained in stored procedures will not be usable automatically and any existing presentation layers will not be easily incorporated in a seamless way.

But since XAF is really customizable, capable, mature and well-supported, I would advice you to give it a shot by downloading and getting to know the evaluation version and contact DevExpress support with the questions you have. Both resources can be found here http://www.devexpress.com/products/net/application_framework/.

Good luck!