PHP, Zend Framework and Other Crazy Stuff
Archive for October, 2005
QS3 will rock!…when its finished…
Oct 14th
One day from releasing QS 0.11 to CVS. 
There are a few important improvements this time around. First of all the Installer Routine has been rewritten (no more ambiguous path definitions!). Because the QS2 installer relies on certain GPL code, I have also been pushed into writing my own SQL File parser. From what I can see it’s far simpler than the one we were using (sourced from phpMyAdmin) and it’s a lot faster – and I mean a lot! I had no idea the phpMyAdmin parser was so slow and bulky.
So 0.11 will see new installer, new SQL parser, new install theme, new Front Controller and View model, not to mention dozens of other changes such as our new Database Session Handler (we’re not using the ADODB one), Internationalisation Driver, and several other not so visible changes.
Still not playable – but adding that is so simple its frightening…
As it stands I grow in confidence every day that QS3 will absolutely rock…
More on Quantum Star SE 0.11 (of v3)
Oct 13th
Another week, another minor version increment. I now stand at the cusp of attaining the goals of 0.11 which primarily dealt with the implementation of an MVC controller, and an Installation Process. Yes, the wonder of the QS2 install process has been finally rewritten. Now that our entire backend is full path agnostic the process is both simpler and more comprehensive. I have added some trial auto-fixing code (for permissions) that a user can try, otherwise they’ll need to manually set correct permissions via ssh/ftp.
The process has also highlighted the need for something scheduled in 0.12 – a database cleanup. There is a lot of dead weight in the current schema that needs to be cleared out. I also need to set more appropriate field lengths and types to keep the database size down as much as possible. 0.12 will also feature the start of an Admin Panel.
After that its a wind up to 0.16 – which will be our first Developer Release (hopefully early November!).
