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Swiftlet 1.1 Stable

I released a new stable version of Swiftlet a few days ago together with a new web page at swiftlet.org. Swiftlet is a light-weight framework written in PHP aimed to make website development faster and easier.

Version 1.1 comes with a few new plugins that bring CMS-like features to Swiftlet. See the changelog for the full list of changes.

The documentation has also been updated and can now be found at swiftlet.org/docs. If you need support or have any requests, feel free to start a thread at swiftlet.org/community.

Swiftlet documentation update

The documentation for Swiftlet 1.0, a light-weight PHP framework I’ve been working on, is now pretty much complete.

I’ve already begun working on Swiftlet 1.1 which is now in Alpha (unstable and not suited for live environments).

JavaScript Tetris

Because I have nothing better to do with my time I wrote a Tetris game in JavaScript. I know there are plenty out there already but it was fun to make and it brought back some memories (I wrote my first Tetris game in DOS when I was 14). Coincidentally, Tetris just turned 25.

I released it under GPL, feel free to grab the code from the source and do whatever you like with it.

Play the game at elbertf.com/tetris

Swiftlet 1.0.0 Stable

Swiftlet, the light-weight PHP framework that I’ve been working on for a while, is now stable.

Feature-wise not much has changed since the Beta and Release Candidate cycles but the code has been thoroughly tested and improved where possible. If you’re planning on building a PHP website, give Swiftlet a try.

I moved the project page and documentation away from Google Code, if you go to swiftlet.org you’ll find the new page. It’s powered by a documentation system that I custom coded (dubbed Pintail). If there is any interest I will release the code behind it as Open-Source as well.

Swiftlet Beta

Swiftlet is now in beta, after 15 alpha cycles I’m confident that it’s now pretty much feature complete (there core that is, there will be plenty more plug-ins) and relatively stable.

One of the most important recently added features is the plug-in installer. It checks for compatibility with the core code and creates and populates database tables with a click of the mouse. Plug-ins that don’t require a database connection don’t need to be installed; they’re plug-and-play (and Swiftlet runs fine without a database).

I also added plug-ins to handle user sessions and authorization. This should make it easy to create a website that requires a login system.

Download: code.google.com/p/swiftlet/downloads/list

Swiftlet — light-weight PHP framework

I 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