Tag: open source community

Hidden Gems – iDempiere PO Attributes

This happened to our team last week. If you’re an iDempiere developer, maybe it has happened to you as well. Firstly, we needed to develop a custom Event Handler to manage a special case of deleting draft shipments when the originating sales order was reactivated. So far, so good, quite easy to do. Two weeks…

Could you please trim the trees for me?

Many years ago, our Company had a physical form that we used to monitor any maintenance work done in the manufacturing plant, equipment or retail stores.  This was a cumbersome task that was, frankly, hard to monitor and maintain.  Physical forms get lost or get spilled with coffee.  When I was surfing and evaluating iDempiere,…

Is it i-Dem-pier-e or i-Dem-peer?

I had a conversation with an acquaintance the other day and we got a chance to discuss our respective work. “What do you do?” “I work with the family business and recently started an IT Company focused on Open Source ERP. It’s called iDempiere.” “What?” “iDempiere  i-Dem-pi-er-e or i-Dem-peer. How you say it depends on…

My experience at the iDempiere conference 2023

Did you know that Bahrain was the home of the first-ever Grand Prix in the Middle East? The first iDempiere Conference after the pandemic was held in Manama, Bahrain last February 22-23, 2023.  There were a total of 26 participants from various countries in the world. There were participants from Germany, Austria, USA, Brazil, Bahrain,…

iDempiere 10 “Peace”

iDempiere 10 “Peace” is here. The 10th release is a big milestone for the project and you chose a great name that communicates what this community is about. A diverse community working together in peace towards a greater goal. “Peace” brings a better system. Bug fixes, performance improvements, and usability features. Inside iDempiere 10 you’ll…

iDempiere’s Community Testing Day

iDempiere 10 is around the corner! So, to make the transition as smooth and stable as possible, we are hosting our yearly community testing day, a virtual community event, on Friday, December 2nd, 2022. This day brings the entire iDempiere community together to engage in community activities to test the upcoming release of the new…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – October 2022

iDempiere enthusiasts share many examples of how iDempiere changed people’s lives for the better. Here we present to you our hero of the month for his contributions during October. Steven Sackett is an icon within the community. He has been contributing his incredible functional knowledge since the very beginning. He is among the most respected…

Quick Info in iDempiere

The Quick Info is possibly one of the best features in iDempiere. It can be used in many ways without writing a single line of code. It gives you flexibility, context and extra information without having to navigate away from the record you’re working on. It was first introduced in iDempiere 2.1 and has evolved…

iDempiere releases – how does it work

If you are an iDempiere old-timer, October 31st means something to you (besides Halloween). From the beginning, on this date, the core team would work on the yearly release to announce the new supported version. The release was made by the core team and in some cases, it needed an additional release to fix critical…