UpgradeTrainingWebClientMigrating6.0webaddonsto6.1Migrating6.0webaddonsto6.1Rewriting6.0webaddonsto6.1ThereisnomigrationEverythinghasbeenrewrittenfromscratchBeenatthecommunitydays,probablyseenit.NotbeenandlookedatOpenERPWeb(6.1),probablynoticed.Idoubtthere’salineleftfromthe6.0codebase(weevensplittheprojectitselfout),meaningthereisn’tasingleAPIlefteither,meaningyou’llhavetorewriteeverythingaswell.Technologicalchanges6.06.1Python(+javascript)JavascriptMakoQWebCherryPyWerkzeugPagesSinglePageInterfacePagerequestsJSON-RPCClientusedtobemostlyPythonandHTML-ishtemplates,bulkoflogicmovedtojavascript.*TemplatelanguageQWeb,reminiscentofKid/Genshi(thoughnotinspiredbythem),XML-basedMoreapplicativeinteraction,morestateful,nopagerequestsandfullreloads.cloc:6.0Python16059Javascript9782Templates5905cloc:6.1Javascript16925Templates3693CSS3064Python1874Deploymentchanges•Embeddedmode,primaryM.O.•Stand-alonemodefordev/testing•OfficialOpenERPbundleembeds*WebClienthasbecome“justanother”OpenERPaddon,thoughremainsadiferentproject*StandalonemostlytoavoidfullserverreloadwhenwritingPythoncode**OrtoputproxyinbetweenArchitectureNetworkHTTPXML-RPCJSON-RPCOpenERPWebClientBrowserHTML6.0’snetworkarch:typicalwebfrontend,communicateswithserverviaXML-RPC,withclientviaregularHTTPrequests(e.g.linkclicks)andHTMLpages*MostclientlogicintheWebClientlayer,notreallyagoodfitasOpenERPhaslotsofclientstate*Tentativetomigratetomorestatefulbrowser-side(iframethen~pjax),half-heartedandunsuccesful6.1mergesserverandweb’spython:web’spythonbecomesaJSON-RPCinterfacetoOpenERP(+somespecificservices),vastmajorityoflogicmovestobrowserNetworkHTTPXML-RPCJSON-RPCOpenERPWebClientBrowserHTML6.0’snetworkarch:typicalwebfrontend,communicateswithserverviaXML-RPC,withclientviaregularHTTPrequests(e.g.linkclicks)andHTMLpages*MostclientlogicintheWebClientlayer,notreallyagoodfitasOpenERPhaslotsofclientstate*Tentativetomigratetomoresta