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How good is Enfinity as an e-commerce solution?


I've started learning enfinity suite and wonder if it's a good e-commerce solution. So far I've noticed that it's extremely heavyweight (as to me, who never worked with any ecommerce soft) and lacks qualified support.

P.S.: Answers of those who tried Enfinity before are greatly appreciated.


Solution

  • It's actually not, and here is why:

    • no community at all (if to disregard paid support ^^)
    • heavyweight
    • slow (though, CPU usage is outrageous)
    • contains a lot of redundant architectural approaches (this covers all layers)
    • includes numerous self-implemented tiers (i.e. ORM) in stead of which open source ones could have been used more efficiently
    • complex: learning curve is enormous

    From a developer perspective:

    • java code is being written quite rarely (even for core development, though it depends)
    • doesn't have much to learn (no technologies, no complex architectural approaches except for those, caused by previous redundant development)