Still searching for that perfect PHP framework? Here's one more to take a look at.
A new PHP framework has been released (well, almost), called “Simplicity.” Per John Le Drew at the Simplicity site,
The Simplicity PHP Framework is a brand new application framework and development environment comprising a solid MVC OO framework with a powerful web-based application administration and development interface. I have been working on this project for the best part of 3 years and it is now nearly ready for it's first initial release. What I really need now is to get the code out there and have people play with it look at it, prod it and poke it till it breaks in all ways it could break.
One interesting thing about this framework that sets it apart from the others, is its tight integration with Ext. As the Ajaxian site eloquently states:
One important piece is the Ajax admin console, developed in Ext that allows a developer will be able to configure all aspects of their application via the Ajax interface, this includes database modeling and the creation of stub controllers, and even the addition of predefined actions to speed up development.
If you're interested in taking a look at this project, you can find the project details at Launchpad. Looks like they're also looking for developers to help test and contribute to the project, which you can learn more about at the Simplicty site as well.
Just to let any interested parties know that we have launched a new site http://www.simplicityphp.com and are now at our 0.2-dev release, moving quickly toward 0.3-dev.
What happen to simplicity? For the last week I have tried to find this framework to try it out and their website is down and their forum is down and I can't find any news online why. Maybe their servers could not handle the exposure and marketing they did. Does anyone know anything?
Hi to any interested parties, Simplicity is back, no new release but looking to get a 2.0-alpha release this week. Check out http://www.simplicityphp.com for more info. -John
