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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have read the document about Backoffice on
Opencms. I know that building module extend from Backoffice module
will simplify the coding, but I found that in order to use Backoffice, developer
need to use the XML templates which is very complicated and on the other hand,
need a lot of coding..... (Without detail document and tutorial increase the
difficulty of building backoffice module)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Therefore, I think is there really any advantages
of using backoffice module instead of building a traditional java
module on opencms? As I think building a traditional java module with same
function as using backoffice, such as news module, will not use much more time
to finish. Both need to implement the news class (content definition), database
access (write/delete/filter method), and UI (jsp template).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jessie =)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>