Re: [WebERP-developers] POS

[Chris F. <chr...@ch...>]

Hi Phil,

I agree with you, Java is way too complicated syntax-wise.

Have you ever heard of xTuple (http://www.xtuple.com/xtpos)?  They have a POS extension to their xTuple ERP function.  I have not used this but I have looked at the ERP functionality before and it appears to be quite complete.  It is open source though certain functionality requires license purchase.  It is definitely easier on the eyes than the synPOS you mentioned.

Back when I was in college, I used to work for an American retail chain called RadioShack.  We used to have small servers in the store that were the main data repository for the store POS terminals.  In the same sense you could have a small linux server serving up your webpages on site and run a PHP-based POS.  Or you could actually run the entire mySQL/PHP server on every POS and have a sync process to the main server offsite.  There are many options, I am not sure of the constraints of the project you are working on and what device communication you may need (serial or otherwise) that may preclude the PHP-based solution even if you could remove the remote server issue.

Cheers
Chris




On Feb 13, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Phil Daintree wrote:

> I've been trying to learn a bit of java so I can modify a java POS to 
> work with webERP data .... I tried to get synPOS going but couldn't 
> figure out why it didn't work.
> 
> I have found a very steep learning curve getting going with Java - I 
> have netbeans IDE installed. I installed openbravoPOS too - at least 
> this seems to work but I just can't get into the logic of the 
> application is so abstract it is unbelievable the amount of knowledge 
> you need to start off is mind blowing - I've been reading for two days 
> solid!!
> 
> Has anyone got a good open-source desktop POS - that works with local 
> hardware ideally USB printers, cash drawers and barcode scanners. 
> Unfortunately, PHP based POS is a non-starter as far as I can see 
> because the web-server is potentially remote from the hardware?
> 
> Phil
> 
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