WASP - Web Application Structure for PHP 5

WASP Eclipse Plugin (Alpha) Released

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:50:28 +0000

Download the WASP Eclipse Plugin to try out WASP development in the familiar eclipse environment. This is still an Alpha release, so please send feedback / bug reports to the mailing lists. We'll work on getting some documentation for it up soon. Thanks to Jason Nichols of PangoMedia for developing this tool.

Digg PHP's Scalability and Performance - O'Reilly Blog

Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:32:56 +0000

Brian Fioca wrote a blog entry at ONLamp discussing PHP Scalability and Performance:

I knew that several hugely popular Web 2.0 applications were written in scripting languages like PHP, so I contacted Owen Byrne - Senior Software Engineer at digg.com to learn how he addressed any problems they encountered during their meteoric growth. This article addresses the all-to-common false assumptions about the cost of scalability and performance in PHP applications.

International PHP Magazine - Add Sting to PHP Apps with WASP Patterns

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:33:43 +0000

Add Sting to PHP Apps with WASP Patterns, is the featured cover story in the April edition of International PHP Magazine.

Any major web application requires some form of user registration and login capability, but why start from scratch each time? Brian Fioca uses this as the setting to introduce some user interface and MVC design patterns using WASP, with a touch of AJAX to boot. What more could a PHP 5 developer want? The cover story will demonstrate the power and simplicity of developing PHP applications using the WASP Framework through the illustration of a simple user module design pattern.

Jobby is Launched - Web 2.0 Resume and Skills Tracker

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:42:20 +0000

Jobby is a Web 2.0 Resume and Skills tracker written entirely in WASP. Jobby is a new way to think about resumes that lets you show off your qualifications and make it easy for hiring mangers to find you. Jobby uses a slick tag-based qualification entry interface and AJAX powered search filters based on category, name, level, location, and more.

Create a profile and check it out!

IBM developerWorks: Going dynamic with PHP

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:17:51 +0000

IBM has posted an article on developerWorks that discusses the dynamic OO nature of PHP 5 that WASP was built to take advantage of:

The introduction of new object-oriented programming (OOP) features in PHP V5 has significantly raised the level of functionality in this programming language. Not only can you have private, protected, and public member variables and functions -- just as you would in the Java™, C++, or C# programming languages -- but you can also create objects that bend at runtime, creating new methods and member variables on the fly. You can't do that with the Java, C++, or C# languages.

WASP 1.2 Released

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:56:46 +0000

To install:

$ pear install --onlyreqdeps http://wasp.sourceforge.net/WASP-1.2.tgz

To upgrade:

$ pear upgrade --onlyreqdeps http://wasp.sourceforge.net/WASP-1.2.tgz

Read How to use form validation in WASP 1.2 for information on how to use the new features in this new version.

Happy WASPing!

ONLamp: Simplify PHP Development with WASP

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:42:17 +0000

This article demonstrates how to build a small database-driven application: a simple task list web application. This example is short, however it demonstrates most of the powerful features that WASP has to offer.

What's new for WASP 1.2

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:41:05 +0000

WASP 1.2, scheduled for release on 1/30/06, includes functions to make form validation automatic and easy to do. It also includes a library of validation functions that you can use to validate common things like phone numbers, zip codes and dates. These functions will conveniently output standard error messages that you can easily override or customize.

WASP Release Roadmap

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:13:29 +0000

Roadmap of Future Releases

~~Release 1.2 - Jan 30th Release - Dev Manager: Nigel Kibodeaux~~

Form Validation and Error Messages

Release 1.3 - Spring 06 Release - Dev Manager: Peter House

Hive Component architecture and API for plugins

Release 1.4 - TBD Release - Dev Manager: Matt Childs(?)

AJAX and Web Services

Release 2.0 - TBD Release - Dev Manager: Jason Nichols

Page Widgets, Internationalization, Distributed Session Management, TBD

WASP Community

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:56:18 +0000

WASP is growing! Participate in the WASP community as a developer, tester, or just submit feature requests that you'd like to see in upcoming versions.

Subscribe to the Mailing List

Submit Feature Requests

Browse Feature Requests

Submit a Bug

WASP 1.1.1 (Minor Bugfixes) Released

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:41:36 +0000

Added some quotations around configuration files to help with Windows support and support of strange characters in the database connection URL.

To upgrade:

$ pear upgrade http://wasp.sourceforge.net/WASP-1.1.1.tgz

WASP Version 1.1 Released

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:21:10 +0000

WASP 1.1 has been released, and with it, full PEAR package installation support.

Installation of WASP is as easy as any PEAR package. WASP libraries now exist in a central location for reuse in multiple simultaneous projects.

Contributors Wanted!

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:37:31 +0000

The WASP project is looking for contributors. Some areas that need development:

Version 1 Branch:

More Phing automation

PEAR package distribution

Scaffolding

Version 2 Branch:

Extended AJAX libraries

HTML Widgets (possibly SWAT?)

Subscribe to the mailing list and send out a mail if you'd like to help out.

Lateral Move - Making the Switch from Java to WASP

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:38:50 +0000

The year 2005, so far, has been the year of scripting languages. Across the web-application programming sector there has been a growing movement toward acceptance and general usage of dynamic languages like Ruby, Python, and PHP. Fundamentally, these languages have been present in the industry and in use by developers for a long time, and really aren't anything new. Lately, however, due to advances in server technology, scripting language maturity, and improved development libraries, it is possible to write scalable, well architected, "enterprise" applications in less time with less code using frameworks like WASP for PHP.

WASP How-To

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:03:44 +0000

The first draft of the WASP How-To is done, and I'm looking for volunteers to run through it and try it out. I'd like to make the tutorial as simple and quick to complete as possible, while still including everything I can about how to get the most out of WASP. Please send mail to the list with additions, suggestions, problems, or questions. Useful contributions will be credited in the final version.