From OpenNMS

Project Abstract

This project would involve focusing on improvements to the front end of OpenNMS allowing for more detailed information to be easily displayed to the user. Currently the web interface is mostly static with little ability to drill down on specific areas in order to get more information without having to go through several pages in order to get the one piece of data that was needed and sometimes not having enough information immediately available when it’s needed in a mission critical situation. My solution would involve looking at the entire Web UI for OpenNMS and then adding in more “Web 2.0” functionality, where appropriate, while still attempting to be functional rather than just a flashy yet shallow addition. These additions would tie into the existing user interface and, importantly, would be linked with java code on the back end to match what OpenNMS has already been developed with without unnecessary re-writing of code. Specific technologies that would be involved include: Direct Web Remoting (DWR) for interacting with the java code already in the project and for any new code that is written as required, and Ext JS which would be implemented for making the user interface using javascript.

How to follow my progress

My Website

I'll be keeping a blog of my progress on this project at my website http://www.roryforbes.org.uk Theres a section just for OpenNMS project updates at http://www.roryforbes.org.uk/opennms-project and an RSS feed of this is also available: http://www.roryforbes.org.uk/taxonomy/term/1/0/feed