Last night I created this cheat sheet for smarty designers. As I left many things from core programming of smarty, so I am planning to create another one solely for smarty programmers. But this version is quite ok for designers.
Let me hear your comment if you find any problem or want to add anything else. Here is a thumbnail
Yesterday night I added some great functionality in zephyr. Developers can use âFiltersâ? in zephyr packages. In primary stage I just implemented two type of filters, one is âpre-filterâ? and another is âpost-filterâ?. Pre filters are a simple object which is invoked when visitors input data. Before passing these data to actions, zephyr will call âprocess()â? method of pre filter object. After processing them, these data will be passed to action.
Pre filters are of great use of you want to implement some sort of input filtering. Beside submitted data from users, Prefilters will also receive the action name which is responsible to handle those data. So it will remain flexible to developers.
Second type of filter that I implemented is âpostfilterâ?. After rendering the view, this filter is invoked with the rendered content and action name. So developers can polish the rendered output if they need to.
Day by day I will also add filter in different execution level of zephyr core. I am also planning to implement JSON support in zephyr. Here is a comprehensive list of implemented features for upcoming version of zephyr beta 2.0
1. Multiple Database Support (For both same provider and different provider)
2. SQLite support
3. Prototype is now a part of zephyr. So users can take advantage of this great library.
4. Automatic display of âloadingâ? image when an action is called.
5. Multiple PHP file loading capability
6. Multiple Javascript file loading capability
7. Multiple pre action processors
8. Supports exchanging non printable characters as response and request.
9. Easy loading of PEAR packages.
10. Package Initializer, a special object that will be invoked while loading the package for first time.
11. Abstract DBInfo class, to simplify sharing db information.
12. flexible execute() method in DAO
13. Better exception management.
I start development of second beta version of zephyr. This time I got two fellow developers with me. One is Raisul Kabir from Paradigm, an Exceptionally expert javascript and actionscript developer. He can contribute his expertise to upgrade the ajax experience of zephyr. Another one is Ramesh Bhardawaj, a decent developer from a1Technology.
I added Sam Stephensons famous Prototype library to zephyr yesterday night, at 2 AM :D. this library will save my sleep for many nights. I will also add some of these great Javascript libraries tonight.
1. MooFx
2. Nifty Corners
3. Scriptaculous
4. Tabifier
i am creating an update plan in details. Very soon I will publish it. But be sure, zephyr is going to be coolest AJAX based Framework for PHP5 Developers.
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Zephyr is quite stable now. It’s public beta has been released recently after a long break. Already there are 400+ download. I am still planning to make some big chage in it.
RoR (aka Ruby on Rails) is a great product. I have recently been interested in it. A very handy tool for rapidly developing the web applications. I like it.