9/29/04
<< 72 Squared WeblogMojavi Forum Application
A number of mojavi developers have been interested in creating a forum application using the mojavi framework. So many php forums have been created that lack a plug-and-play architecture. We hope to collaborate and create the beginnings of a project that will allow developers to contribute to a growing project while still allowing them to customize the application easily to fit their needs. Mojavi provides the tools to do this easily.
The most difficult part will be agreeing on which DB abstraction layer
to use ... So many different ones have been used, each with their own
problems. We could use our own, but the whole point of writing the
application is to make it easy for other developers to use a standard
interface for development and that means we should probably use a DB
abstraction layer that is accessible, popular, and well documented.
ADODB seems to be the most probable choice at this point. It has been
around for a while and is much faster and more feature-rich than many
others.
Pear relies too heavily on the PEAR extensions being installed, and it
is somewhat slow. EclipseCE is not a bad choice, but it can be a bit
limited in features, so its hard to know if we should bother with it.
Reaching a concensus on the DB abstraction layer may indeed be the most
difficult part of the project. I don't even agree on which one we
should use from day to day...I think the most important part is simply
getting going with the project.