Archive for December, 2007

Infonomix Screenshot

Here’s a quick screenshot to check out until I get a live demo going:

infonomix-screenshot.png

Infonomix vs. Trac

I’m a huge fan of the trac model, so much that I’ll likely be porting a lot of it into infonomix. I started infonomix several years before I even even knew trac existed, so there’s a bunch of good stuff in there that trac doesn’t have.

There’s a few things I don’t like about trac as well:

* python - although I’m planning to start using python as my primary development language over the next few years (along with C++), I am too comfortable with PHP to not use it primarily today.

* database - support for MySQL is experimental, and I’d like to be able to support several applications on the same database via table prefixes

* spam - although I haven’t been struck, I’m wary of trac spam

Infonomix Source Released




I’ve added the AGPL v3 license to the Infonomix code so I’ve made the repository readable by anonymous users. Note - the code is in an alpha state. The repository only contains the application, no installers, and not even the necessary supporting applications required to run. If you are very determined, you’ll be able to get it up and running, but otherwise, hang out for a while until I get the code more developer friendly. I’ll also be setting up a demo soon.

Anyway, feel free to browse if you like:

Infonomix Subversion Repository

Infonomix Trac Subversion Browser

Sitemaps

I’m thinking about holding off on releasing infonomix until I can convert its sitemap to be compliant with the Cocoon sitemap specification. That would require a major update to nexista, because the other php-based sitemap-powered framework, popoon (which is compliant with Cocoon’s sitemap), uses some XSL / PHP crossovers. I’m not comfortable with that, as the entire reason why I like XML and XSL so much is because its so abstract, and not necessarily tied to any particular scripting language.