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
Version 0.2 is a incremental feature and bug fix release of the FOSP. It is released for download to the OOTP forums on Friday May 25, 2012. Version 0.2 includes the following changes: I’m very happy to have the News… Continue Reading
We begin creating a module using the Module Builder tool, adding permissions and a custom database setting entry via a Bonfire Migration and creating a page in the Settings context by editing a settings controller and view. Now comes the… 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: If you’ve come this far, thanks for following along. I’m glad to say it’s time to dive into the good stuff and get our hands on some source… Continue Reading
To begin developing with the Fox open sports platform, I need to first throw out a few helpful and important prerequisites: So….MVC, CodeIgniter, Git and github? Wow, that’s a daunting list, huh? Well, yes and no. The good news is all… 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
The Fox Open Sports Platform combines leading open source development technologies with a set of OOTP specific PHP modules and developer tools to help reduce the time and effort needed to create OOTP based web sites. Using this platform, mod… Continue Reading
Since I first announced the FOSP (formerly the OOTP Open Web Platform) project back in the beginning of March, development of the mod has been moving along quietly. This is due to a couple things: So lots going on. I may… Continue Reading