Posts Tagged ‘oop’

May.16.09

Object Oriented CSS

Okay, there is no such thing as object oriented CSS. But there are advantages in OO programming that we can use in CSS.

p {
    margin: 0;
}
 
#content p {
    margin: 1em 0;
}

In this example p would be a class and #content p would be an instance of that class. Let’s say the margin set in p is a method and we got the basic concepts of OOP.

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Apr.25.09

Swiftlet — light-weight PHP framework

Swiftlet logoI just released an early alpha version of Swiftlet, an Open Source, light-weight PHP framework released under the GPL license.

It’s targeted at developers who want to built simple websites that don’t require large and complex frameworks, but do want a solid base to work from. Swiftlet provides basic security features such as user input sanitizing, is highly extensible thanks to the deeply integrated hook system, completely Object Oriented and separates logic from design (MVC).

Even the most basic features such as connecting to a database and output buffering are implemented as plug-ins. This means they can be modified, extended and removed without hacking into the core code.

Website: http://swiftlet.org

Mar.28.09

PHP: How not to pollute the global scope

An emerging trend in JavaScript is to wrap entire programs in a single object to prevent conflicts with other scripts. The same can be done with PHP, something I haven’t seen done very often.

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