Author: Diego Ruiz

I am a systems engineer with a great passion for open source, software development, and technology in general. I have been part of the iDempiere community since 2012. I believe the enterprise world is one of the most aggressive environments out there. Companies tend to ruthlessly compete against each other. That is why seeing competitors co-exist and cooperate in harmony in iDempiere (and OSS communities in general) is so interesting to me.

iDempiere Hero of the Month – August 2023

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 August. Meet Zuhri Utama. He has been exceptionally active in recent months, consistently assisting people in forums, reporting issues, and offering suggestions for improvements in Jira. Furthermore,…

Marketing an open-source project – Part III. What is marketing?

In this third post of the “Marketing an Open Source Project” series. I explore the key concepts related to marketing and branding. The goal is to provide insights into the evolving role of marketing, the significance of branding, and the importance of brand awareness and image in shaping consumer decisions and company performance, with the…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – July 2023

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 July. Meet Jaures FOUTE. He shared the results of two comprehensive security reports in July, which assessed vulnerabilities on both public and private iDempiere servers. Jaurès FOUTE…

Marketing an open-source project – Part I

Hey there,  I’d like to start by saying that I started this research back in 2017 and wrapped it up by 2019. Even though I’ve come across heaps of new discussions on the subject since then, the core findings are as valid today as they were back then. But before we dive into the essence…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – June 2023

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 June. Meet Frank Wolff, the co-leader of the documentation committee. Frank is a dedicated and passionate contributor who demonstrates an unwavering commitment to enhancing project documentation. Frank…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – May 2023

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 May. Meet Henry Manas, an active and valuable member of the community since the conference in Bahrain. Henry consistently shares his extensive knowledge and experience by regularly…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – April 2023

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 April. Meet Anna Fadeeva, an amazing contributor and a valued member of the Palich team. In April, Anna and her team made a significant contribution by creating…

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…

iDempiere Hero of the Month – March 2023

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 March. Sergey is the active contributor and maintainer of the web portal community plug-in. A plug-in that was created to communicate with Icreated Web. Sergey Polyarus CosmotechFree…

Working with multiple environments locally

If you’re an iDempiere developer with many implementations simultaneously, this scenario might sound familiar to you. You are working at the same time on two different projects which use different plug-ins and different databases. You change often from one to the other, and you also like to have a clean version of iDempiere vanilla with…