Happy spring! Well it’s been almost a year since version 0.2 of the OOWP was released so I think it’s time to give a little update on the state of the project. Despite both an extended summer break and… Continue Reading
It’s kind of annoying to me that Dojo SelectBoxes do not have the ability to select all items with a single function call. It’s kind of strange. I can understand their connection to data stores to keep the data, but… Continue Reading
PHP 5.4 has been percolating the web now for a few months and I wanted to dive in deep and understand what the big changes are for my longtime favorite coding language. I do like java a lot and Ruby… Continue Reading
Just came across an excellent post about a successful Branch and Release process for Git posted by developer Vincent Driessen. I found it following the read me docs for the Pyro CMS project (thanks @philsturgeon). Read Vincent’s Complete Article: http://nvie.com/posts/a-successful-git-branching-model/
Version 0.2 is a incremental feature and bug fix release of the OOWP. It is released for download to the OOTP forums on Friday May 25, 2012. Version 0.2 includes the following changes: Bonfire OOWP Fork Update Numerous bug fixes… Continue Reading
If you’re like me, you do most of your development work on a local desktop environment. For me, that means running the latest version of VertrigoServ on a Windows 7 desktop using a copy of PHPStorm and the Git command… Continue Reading
Building modules on the ootp open web platform is a fast way to get right to building the type of tool you want to create. For the third part of the oowp developer tutorials, I am going to demonstrate this… Continue Reading
So far in our intro to FOSP series we have looked at: The major components of the architecture Walked through installing and setting it up a web server Dove into the basics of Bonfire and its modular architecture If you’ve… Continue Reading
To begin developing with the Fox open sports platform, I need to first throw out a few helpful and important prerequisites: Knowledge of PHP 5.2 + and MySQL 5 Good understanding of object oriented (OO) programming Understanding of MVC development Knowledge of CodeIgniter 2.x Familiarity with HMVC and… Continue Reading
In this second part of the Fox Open Sports Platform introduction, we will walk through the steps to download and install the library on your web server. The Bonfire library makes installation a breeze so let’s see how we get… Continue Reading