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Posted by Al Dykes on 07/21/05 07:03
In article <dbifug$6k9$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>,
Tony Marston <tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
>news:dbhg2s$q30$1@panix3.panix.com...
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>> I've just grabbed a PHP book and can deal with the syntax and now I
>> need to decide to learn specific packages and features.
>>
>> Define "framework".
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>> What are the major framework flavors ?
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>> Under what conditions can I use two or more frameworks?
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>> Sorry for the beginners question.
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>> Thanks
>> --
>> a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
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>> Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.
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>"Framework" is the same as "Infrastructure" and is sometimes referred to as
>"glue code" or "plumbing". After a programmer develops a component he simply
>plugs it into the framework and it's ready to go. A framework typically
>supplies the following:
>- a logon mechanism
>- a method of defining and displaying menus so that the user can decide
>which component to execute.
>- a method of defining which user is allowed to access which component
>(access control)
>- a method of passing parameters between one component and another
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>There may also be additional features such as:
>- an audit logging system
>- a workflow system
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>A framework should be totally application independent. In other words it has
>no knowledge of any particular type of application as that is the
>responsibility of the application components.
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>Think of how the term "infrastructure" applies in the physical world. This
>describes a system of roads, power supplies, water and sewage systems,
>communication systems etc. If you build a house within an area where such an
>infrastructure exists then you have something of value. On the other hand if
>you build a house in an area where there is no infrastructure - no roads, no
>power, no water, no sewage, no communications - then you have an enormous
>amount of work to do before it becomes inhabitable.
>
>Once you develop a good infrastructure/framework you should be able to
>re-use it time and time again for many different applications. This means
>that you can spend more of your valuable time on coding the business rules
>and less time on the plumbing.
>
Thanks, everyone. I was looking for something more formal and not
finding it. Now I see why.
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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.
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