MidCOM - Midgard Components Framework 1.0 released
MUENCHEN, Mar 11th 2003 -- Linksystem Muenchen has released version
1.0 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM provides a
framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web
applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework.
MidCOM development was started by Linksystem Muenchen in March 2002,
and it has evolved into a production-stable release. MidCOM is
available under GNU LGPL.
Key features of the Midgard Components Framework include:
* Complete working Component Architecture that lets you build
Websites with highly modularized components.
* The MidCOM Specification provide complete guidelines about
namespacing which solves the problem of combining multiple
components in a single site. The specs also define the exact
interface between a component and MidCOM.
* Each component can by loaded dynamically as you need it during
page output. Ideal for creating portals for example. You can
even switch the style a component uses when it is loaded
dynamically.
* An integrated caching engine is able to cache the output of
MidCOM generated pages. It vastly accelerates average page
deliviery times. Note, that this engine does fail on highly
interactive websites.
* MidCOM is completly based on using the topic tree. You need only
a single active page which activates MidCOM. It then works with
the topic tree, which holds all neccessary information.
* Comonents are stored in a defined way within the snippet tree
following SUN's Java Packaging naming convention. That should
avoid any clashes in component naming of different companies.
* Reworked Style engine providing a far more flexible mechanism of
putting Midgard Web Pages together. You can now dynamically
switch to another style during output, this includes an
automatism that lets you assign a style to a component in use
that will be activated automagically during output.
* Automated Administration Interfaces that uses the component's
interface to dynamically put together the Administrative
website. It is fully customizable using CSS and a simple Midgard
Layout.
* Data Management Class: Combines a tool to store arbitary data on
a Midgard Object with a MVC-like form generator. You can now
easily extend an Article Record by just adding a few lines to
the Schema Definition in use. It can even handle multiple data
schemas to let your users decide what type of record they want
to create.
MidCOM 1.0 is available for download at:
http://www.nathan-syntronics.de/midgard/midcom/downloads.html
MidCOM requires working PHP 4.1.0+ and Midgard 1.4.4 installations.
More information
Torben Nehmer, MidCOM lead developer
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http://www.midcom-project.org/
Midgard - Content Management Framework
Midgard is a freely available framework for Content Management Systems
and other information management solutions. Midgard provides
developers with an easy-to-use framework built on the common Apache,
PHP and MySQL components.
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And one note from me: Many thanks to Henri Bergius from Nemein
(www.nemein.net), he provided me with feedback, many good ideas and this
release announcement.
Live long and prosper!
Torben Nehmer
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Torben Nehmer, Munich, Germany
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