[Phrame-devel] RE: Re: [Phrame-user] License update -> next release

[Pierre R. <pie...@wa...>]

Hello,

> >Sorry for not writing sooner but I've been out on
> >vacation. We are currently discussing how to begin
> >merging in some of Alex's changes to the official
> >branch. We should see a new release soon.

I'm working with the Alex's version of Phrame. Quite a great job. =
Especially towards a more Struts like way of doing things. And I like =
the integrated interfaces with Smarty, XSL, Adodb... It's a lot of time =
saved for me.
I hope that as much as possible of Alex work would be merged in the next =
official release...

> Hello Arnold! That would be great. May I suggest the bottlenecks that =
I=20
> experienced during my development with the current release (in=20
> descending order):
>=20
> - All models/actions/forms are included at every invocation of the=20
> controller, causing substantial resource usage. The controller should=20
> include them automatically "on the fly" based on the values of the=20
> "_TYPE"-keys in "mappings.php". This approach obsoletes editing of=20
> "include.php" resulting in easier deployment.
>=20
> - Views are not integrated in the MVC class hierarchy and mappings.=20
> Instead, the browser is currently redirected to an arbitrary file by =
the=20
> controller, resulting in another HTTP interaction. Furthermore, I=20
> observed in the development project that I currently lead, that the=20
> views are becoming a big mess. Developers are 'doing it their own way' =

> because Phrame doesn't provide and force the usage of view classes. =
BTW:=20
> Smarty can't help here.

One of the points that I would like is tools to perform validation on =
the 2 sides: client and server. Or at least some way to easily use tools =
like Pear::validation or FormLess.

Regards

Pierre