PHP 5 OOP?

[Vincent Gabriel]

Hi,

I read the Q&A and saw that you will be using PHP 5 but will the structure of the files look like the VBulletin one or an actual OOP design?

 

[Disjunto]

They seem to be using an OO design

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/starting-late-with-coding.670/page-4#post-14168

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

Great! The only reason i never used and coded for VBulletin was it's horrible file structure and coding standards.

 

[Shamil]

It was ok, until vB 4

 

[Mert]

It was ok, until vB 4

Actually vBulletin code is pretty outdated for the last 3-4 years. vBulletin needed a full rewrite immediately after vB3.6 version.

 

[Shamil]

Actually vBulletin code is pretty outdated for the last 3-4 years. vBulletin needed a full rewrite immediately after vB3.6 version.

I agree it was outdated, but still workable
On a minimal level.

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

Last time i used it was on 3.6 i think and it was still with the same structure. showforum.php, showthread.php, search.php. I remember they were still using $GLOBALS and other kind of outdated cr*p.

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

PS

I hope the staff will try and provide as much development resources as possible for the people who will actually contribute. Some software's completely ignore the developers.

 

[Peggy]

PS

I hope the staff will try and provide as much development resources as possible for the people who will actually contribute. Some software's completely ignore the developers.

I think it's safe to say that Kier and Mike most definitely have kept add-on developers in mind.

 

[Hauzer]

PS

I hope the staff will try and provide as much development resources as possible for the people who will actually contribute. Some software's completely ignore the developers.

Yeah, I agree. vBulletin at the moment keep upgrading their version constantly and I can't keep up with the style changes.

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

IPB offers a lot for the developers, From a complete documentation to tutorials example and most importantly good PhpDoc Comments in the sources files.

 

[Floris]

XF will use a lot of files, but with APC cache you will benefit a lot.

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

As longs as everything is documented we can work this out.

 

[Shamil]

As longs as everything is documented we can work this out.

Documentation will be sorted out in due course.

 

[Floris]

Documentation will be sorted out in due course.

Got a link to the confirmation post of this?

 

[Shamil]

Got a link to the confirmation post of this?

I shall rephrase what I should have said:

"I assume documentation will be sorted out in due course."

 

[Floris]

I shall rephrase what I should have said:

"I assume documentation will be sorted out in due course."

It would indeed surprise me if there won't be any documentation. I assume the same.

 

[Shamil]

It would indeed surprise me if there won't be any documentation. I assume the same.

Indeed, the least I expect is developer documentation. From the looks of things, working without documentation appears easy, but might still be complementary in some areas.

 

[Vincent Gabriel]

From my experience working without proper documentation leads to unnecessary and repetitive code. And the development time increases.

 

[Shamil]

From my experience working without proper documentation leads to unnecessary and repetitive code. And the development time increases.

Like stated previously, we doubt there won't be any documentation down the line.