williebett / openbaraza

Java, XML RAD platform with over 10 stable projects in Business, HR, payroll, time and attendance, projects, banking, sacco, chama, judiciary, university management

Baraza is a Swahili word that means a deliberation meeting held by a collective group of a people of wisdom. The name baraza is used because the system came around by many heads with big minds coming together to develop it so as to come up with a working reliable system.

The Baraza Framework is a development Java Development initiative that makes application development easy. The framework takes advantage of XML to define its components. Using the framework, desktop applications, applets can be easily deployed using the same XML document with only slight modification.

Baraza is divided in three different blocks there is the Java code block, XML block and the Database block. The Java code block is again divided into four different blocks, that is; applet, servlet, server and IDE.

Baraza is a system that incorporates different independent projects that work independently using the same Java code block that uses the individual project XML block to produce a desired result. Feature of the baraza frame work:

• High development speed
• Low development cost
• Web enabled applications
• Very stable
• Well defined (well ordered design)
• Ease of operation (user friendly)
• Compatible with pc
• Reports, mailing lists, and forums are available.

Setup

1. install Postgresql http://www.postgresql.org/ above version 9.4 Linux Installation

   • yum install postgresql-server
   • service postgresql initdb - (Optional - will clear all databases)
   • service postgresql start

   Windows Installation

   • Download the setup file and install

   { To make the installation easier you can set the password for user postgres durting the installation to Baraza2011 } { Remember to change it for a live deployment }

2. install Java http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html version 1.8.45 and above

3. Download baraza.2.8.zip and unzip it on any folder

4. Run the Ide cd ./baraza.2.8/ Linux : ./ide.sh Windows : double click on setup.bat in app folder

5. Click on Test Connection - {To test connection to the database} Save Configutations - {In case you change user name or password connecting to the database } Create New - {Create a new blank database} Create Demo - {Create a demo database}

6. Running the appplication Web Application Linux : sh server.sh Windows : server.bar got to browser http://localhost:9090/hr

   Running other web projects Linux : sh server.sh banking Windows : tomcat.bar got to browser http://localhost:9090/banking

   Application Linux : sh baraza.sh Windows : baraza.bar

   IDE Application Linux : sh ide.sh Windows : ide.bar

7. If you have many application to run in tomcat downlaod the No DB configuration will be needed. There is a README file for the .war in the war folder

USER PASSWORDS username root password baraza