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Are you looking for a fully MS Project alternative, please don’t search any longer.

OpenProj :: http://openproj.org/openproj

This tool has all the functionality like MS Project with a big diference namely that this is open source software.

I tested the tool through and believe me that this is a keeper.

Description of the website says it all.

“The OpenProj solution is ideal for desktop project management
and is available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows. OpenProj is a complete
desktop replacement of Microsoft Project and even opens existing native
Project files. OpenProj shares the most advanced scheduling engine in
the industry with Project-ON-Demand. The OpenProj solution has Gantt
Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned
Value costing and more. “

So if you need an excellent alternative for MS Project just download OpenProj and you will be delighted.

The tool is used by all the big Linux CEO’s so that’s a good indication about the quality of OpenProj.

Update: http://trafficjam.trinix.be/flex

My trafficJam project is really going good, I made it in Flex to start with. Later I plan some developing with ExtJS .
The flex is at the moment in Alpha Fase, later this week I plan to release the public Beta.

Working with Flex is super easy, you can drag&drop elements on the canvas or set them in code.
My project is starting to get finished for the Beta release.

I can’t validate, retrieve data, send data, show data in a grid, use states, …

This all in just 1 day of work.

More info soon when Beta version is released.
http://trafficjam.trinix.be

As I mentioned before I will try some new technology for developing my RIA trafficJam.

Did some research on Flex and start building, Flex is really easy and nice looking.

Check out these Components Explorer, It pointed me in the right direction.

http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/inproduct/sdk/explorer/explorer.html

also essential >> http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/

I started a new personal web project, called trafficJam
>> http://trafficjam.trinix.be

It’s going to be a fairly simple web application, in which I can keep track of my time of departure and time of arriving and some extra info like destination, ….

I’m currently at Work in Brussel, Belgium capital, and I spent everday in big traffic-jams.
This obviously annoys me that’s why I want to keep track on how much personal time I lose this way.

To develop this little app, I wanted to use 2 techniques.

I will be using the EXTJS (www.extjs.com) from Jack Slockum. This is a really solid extensive javascript framework complete with nice themes. The uniqueness of this framework is that it forms an layer on different known frameworks which you can choose from. Currently it offers:

• Yahoo UI
• JQuery
• Prototype / Script.aculo.us

An other RIA manner I want to try, is using FLEX for building the web app.

I started with ExtJS and my first experience was that ExtJS is really extensive and fairly complete. But I also pretty heavy to load in a browser (long waiting time) and because it’s so big, it’s difficult to start with it. I also noticed that I will be missing the ease of tweaking little lay-out changes. But I guess this first impression is normal for a new framework and new manner of developing.

I will keep you updated with my findings and development of trafficJam.