The last two posts on web installer did not include any code. I wanted to dump all code into one post - this is it. Please note that this is what I did - you don’t have to copy my code as it is. Just look at the code and modify it according to your [...]
Creating a web installer is not hard - as a matter of fact - it is downright easy. You just have to know a few things. Get the database details, create the database, save the details. That’s it!
Getting Database Details
A simple four field form will suffice. The important thing to remember is that the data [...]
Almost all distributed web applications has an installer - it makes installation process easier for the end user. I will try to outline some of the most important things to look out for when creating an installer.
Examples of Web Installers
WordPress
Joomla
Nexty
I have created an installer for Nexty - I used the same installer for Jus5 as [...]
‘Success/Error’ design pattern for Ajax requests is a JSON encoded string in a specific format - each response has a minimum of two elements in it - ie ’success’ and ‘error’ - like this…
{
“success”:”Task done successfully”,
“error”:false
}
OR
{
“success”:false,
“error”:”Database Connection Error!”
}
This method is used extensivly in Nexty. Almost all Ajax response in Nexty ares in this format.
Since this [...]
In Nexty I used CSS to create a inexpensive templating system. You can see it in action in the settings page of Nexty. Currently I use it only for changing the icon sets. But you can change the colors and the layout using this system.
Before starting, I must say that CSS is not the most [...]
Using icons is a must for all Web 2.0 apps. I have used this principle liberally in Nexty. When I was creating Nexty, I learned a simple trick that made using icons with CSS much easier.
Go to Nexty to see the icons
3 Types of Icons
I used 3 different classes for showing icons. They are..
icon
This class [...]
There has been many ideas about a offline storage mechanism for web applications. Dojo implemented this in its Library. Firefox 3 promises this. Now we have a new arrival in this area - Google Gears. Unlike Dojo’s implementation, Gears require an extension for it to work.
Google Gears is an open source browser extension that lets [...]
Remember Nexty? Recently I was able to make the 1.0 version. Currently I am planning for the second version. But before starting on that I want to document the different things I learned when creating Nexty. These are a list of things you can expect on this series…
Client Side
CSS
Icons
Theming using CSS
JavaScript
Ajax - Success/Failure Pattern
Server Side
Installer
Framework
API
Distributed [...]
In the previous post I introduced my new PHP framework - iFrame. It had the reasons why you should not use the framework. In these post, I will talk of the advantages you get if you use my framework. But remember - do not use my framework.
No routing - Fully file based
There are no [...]
I have created a number of Web Applications - Nexty and Jus5 are just a few examples. I used a common code base when creating these sites - but I did not consider it a full fledged framework. However, now the code base has evolved enough to be called a framework. So, I called it [...]