Project Storm Update

Tags: PHP, Programming, ProjectStorm
Posted in Portfolio

I have been on hiatus for a while, but i’m back working on Project Storm finally!  I’ve been making such great progress with it that I have been inspired to change the direction of the project.  While there will still be a project management solution, it is not what PS will be at its core.

The new direction I have taken Project Storm will label it as a Content Management Framework of sorts. It will be an extensible, plug-in driven, modular web site base. The sheer customization available in Project Storm will allow for a nearly endless set of possibilities.  With a little bit of programming and some dropping in of reusable plugins, one could have a fully functional eCommerce site thats completely different than a blog built on the same code.

Ideally, once Project Storm is complete, instead of making web sites, I will be making powerful and extensible plug-ins.  There are others out there; a saturated market in fact.  Project Storm sets itself apart in the way that it does things.  It doesn’t try to be anything– your the one who decides what to do with PS.  Drupal for example is set up to be a basic blog out of the box.  Project Storm simply displays a hello world screen.  Another benefit– in my opinion, a huge benefit of PS over Drupal and many others is that we make full use of OOP for plugin development.  Plugins are a class, not a file with a bunch of plugins.  It helps developers do their job, and helps Project Storm do its job.  PS also uses the MVC pattern for modules.  This makes it very easy for developers familiar with other frameworks to jump in.

Finally, the Zend Framework is one of the most abstracted and power web application frameworks I have ever worked with.  I’m proud to say that ZF is the framework Project Storm builds on.  Amyone who has created a simple site in the framework can jump in and create plugins in PS with almost no trouble.  Helper methods and procedure has been clearly documented, but overall, its the same thing that you did before.

Anyway, that’s my thought on the direction I have chosen for Project Storm.  An alpha build will be available soon hopefully.  Stay tuned!