P4A 3.0 roadmap

ok here you have:

brand new widget rendering system, it will provide a new experience from the users point of view, a richer set of widgets and the best browser support (we’re doing deep tests right now, more info will follow)
PHP5 only
add Zend Framework
replace adodb with Zend_DB
define which database engine will be supported (I think MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite) and drop support for all the others
solve definitively all the problems with all supported databases
replace our date parsing/formatting library with Zend_Date
drop all localization formats and use Zend_Locale’s (which uses unicode.org formats)
replace our numbers/currency formatting library with Zend_Locale
replace our translation library with Zend_Translate
make every output string to be translated and make the translation system work the way gettext work (making possible to include partial translations)
create a tiny php5 optimized library to replace phpThumb
completely remove PEAR

Yes, it will be a huge, massive and killer release, I promise it will rock!

6 Comment(s)

I can’t believe to my eyes!

But will the syntax be similar to actual method’s call or actual software for P4A 2.2 will need massive rewriting?

Mr. Mechano | Nov 22, 2007 | Reply
We’ll try to keep the syntax changes as low as possible but if we’ll need to do massive changes… this will be the time to do those changes.

I know my answer doesn’t really answer your question but I can’t completely predict it at the moment.

Anyway porting an application from 2.2. to 3 will surely involve some work…

Fabrizio Balliano | Nov 22, 2007 | Reply
First, my compliments to you for your very good work!
But, what does it mean “add Zend Framework”? Is it a compatibilty or integration feature?

Mario Spada | Dec 2, 2007 | Reply
@Mario Spada: it means a deep integration, db source will rely completely on zend_db, traslation system on zend_translate and localization on zend_locale and zend_date :-)

Fabrizio Balliano | Dec 2, 2007 | Reply
Nice work!!!!
Let me suggest Firebird as a supported database as well as DB2 and SQL Server…

Thank you.

EdwinF | Dec 13, 2007 | Reply
@EdwinF: I’d like too but at this moment we’ll focus on DBs that we know that could work 100%, other will maybe come in the future

Fabrizio Balliano | Dec 13, 2007 | Reply