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====== General informations ====== | ====== General informations ====== | ||
- | Jelix is a framework for PHP5, whose objective | + | |
+ | Jelix is a framework for PHP 7.4 and 8, whose purpose | ||
Here is what is proposed to developers: | Here is what is proposed to developers: | ||
- | * API dealing with numbers of technical aspects: data access, MVC model, templates, output format generators (HTML, | + | * API dealing with numbers of technical aspects: data access, MVC model, templates, output format generators (HTML, |
* a modular structure and an organization of the files of the project, imposing a framework and some developing standards. | * a modular structure and an organization of the files of the project, imposing a framework and some developing standards. | ||
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These characteristics allow a better re-use of the code, a capitalization of know-how, a better organization in the development, | These characteristics allow a better re-use of the code, a capitalization of know-how, a better organization in the development, | ||
- | Jelix uses to the maximum | + | Jelix makes the most of PHP 7.4 features, in order to be the lightest and most powerful possible. |
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+ | ====== Goals ====== | ||
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+ | We develop | ||
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+ | * **Performance**: | ||
+ | * **Simplicity**: | ||
+ | * **Flexibility**: | ||
+ | * **Robustness**: | ||
+ | * **Pragmatism**: | ||
====== Features ====== | ====== Features ====== | ||
- | ===== Original functions and characteristics ===== | + | ===== Original functions and characteristics ===== |
- | * **Modular architecture** : an application can be cut out in several reusable modules. | + | |
- | * **Minimal guarantee on the data exchange** : Jelix controls the generation of output formats according to the type of request. For example, if we have a request for a XML-RPC web service, we cannot generate HTML, the answer will be obligatorily | + | * **Modular architecture** : an application can be cut out in several reusable modules. |
- | * **Generation of technical errors in specified format** : thanks to the Jelix system described before, all the technical errors are returned in the format awaited by the client. For example: no HTML formatted error when client is awaiting XML-RPC or RDF response. | + | |
- | * **Light and evolutionary template engine (jTpl)**, with a syntax halfway between Smarty and PHP. A plugin system like in Smarty is also available. | + | |
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- | * **Designation | + | |
- | * **Event system** allowing module-to-module communication. | + | * **Light |
- | * **Overload | + | |
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+ | * **Designation of files and resources by selectors**, | ||
===== Modern functions and characteristics | ===== Modern functions and characteristics | ||
Functions that we don’t find so often in frameworks: | Functions that we don’t find so often in frameworks: | ||
- | * **Web Services** : Jelix deals with analysis of the content of requests, and the generation of the response. | + | * **Web Services** : Jelix deals with analysis of the content of requests, and the generation of the response. |
* **Handling of RESTfull** : by simple implementation of an interface: one can easily define what is done after HTTP GET/ | * **Handling of RESTfull** : by simple implementation of an interface: one can easily define what is done after HTTP GET/ | ||
+ | * **Generic CRUD**: Jelix provides a generic controller to build a CRUD interface which then allows to manage records of a SQL table (Create, Read, Update, Delete and list). Only a jForms file, a jDao file and few lines of code are required. | ||
* **Themes system**: it is possible to define several templates, each one redefining the template of modules. | * **Themes system**: it is possible to define several templates, each one redefining the template of modules. | ||
- | * **Automatic system for URL generation and mapping** : no complete | + | * **Automatic system for URL generation and mapping** : no hard-coded |
- | * **PHP scripts for code generation** to execute in command | + | * **PHP scripts for code generation** to execute in the command |
* **Technical cache system** : almost all non PHP files of a Jelix project "are compiled" | * **Technical cache system** : almost all non PHP files of a Jelix project "are compiled" | ||
* **UTF-8 compliant**: | * **UTF-8 compliant**: | ||
* **Module dedicated to unit tests**: unit tests are essentials to create a reliable application. So Jelix provide a module which has an interface to launch unit tests and a simple way to create unit tests (using simpleTest) | * **Module dedicated to unit tests**: unit tests are essentials to create a reliable application. So Jelix provide a module which has an interface to launch unit tests and a simple way to create unit tests (using simpleTest) | ||
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===== Traditional functions and characteristics | ===== Traditional functions and characteristics | ||
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Functions which one finds in many frameworks: | Functions which one finds in many frameworks: | ||
- | * **The architecture of the core is MVC type** (Model-View-Controller). A coordinator handles the execution of an action according to the parameters in the URL. The possible actions are implemented in classes of jController type (controllers). | + | * **The architecture of the core is MVC type** (Model-View-Controller). A coordinator handles the execution of an action according to the parameters in the URL. The possible actions are implemented in classes of jController type (controllers). |
- | * **Database access abstraction layer**: jDb relies on PDO or its own classes (when PDO is not available) to reach the databases. | + | * Jelix provide **several output generators** (jResponse objects): XHTML, CSS, ATOM, RSS, XML, RDF, ZIP, PDF (with TCPDF). Others formats are also possible. |
- | * **Localization**: | + | * **Database access abstraction layer**: jDb relies on PDO or its own classes (when PDO is not available) to access to the databases. |
+ | * **Localization**: | ||
* **System of authentication and rights management**. | * **System of authentication and rights management**. | ||
- | * Use of XML: declaration of the events, DAOs etc… That makes it possible to facilitate writing, generation and modifying these parts of a project by third-party tools, and thus to increase productivity. | + | * Use of XML: declaration of the events, DAOs etc, ... That makes it possible to facilitate writing, generation and modifying these parts of a project by third-party tools (for example with JelixEclipse, |
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===== How does Jelix work ===== | ===== How does Jelix work ===== | ||
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- | - an HTTP request calls Jelix. Jelix creates an instance of a jRequest object which contains datas of the request. It then create | + | - An HTTP request calls Jelix. Jelix creates an instance of a jRequest object which contains datas of the request. It then creates |
- A method | - A method | ||
- | - Then the method | + | - Then the method |
- | - The method of the controller | + | - The method of the controller |
- | - Jelix gets this jResponse object, | + | - Jelix gets this jResponse object, |
====== Your first application ====== | ====== Your first application ====== | ||
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