Pronto Project

Pronto moves to GitHub

2010-03-27T12:03:00Z

Pronto has finally joined the "social coding" movement - the source code repository is now hosted at GitHub. You can find it here:

http://www.github.com/jvinet/pronto

At present, packaged releases aren't very timely, so if you want the latest and greatest code, you'll want to follow git.

New Release: Pronto 0.6

2010-01-13T05:01:00Z

After more than a year of casual development, fixes, and refinement, Pronto 0.6 is here.

The framework has matured nicely, and 0.6 brings you a new data model layer, a robust logging facility, and many bugfixes. Here's a summarized list of notable changes.

Added logging facility with flexible routing controls
Old model layer deprecated in favour of the new RecordModel/RecordSelector classes, which add more power and flexibility. See the manual for more info.
Added "fly-models" - adhoc models for use when explicit model classes may be overkill
Added support for multiple database connections
Changes to SQL enumeration routine, accepts HAVING clauses now
Changed parameters for tpForm::htmlarea() to make TinyMCE cusotmizations easier
PostgreSQL driver should actually work now ;)
Moved user-related code into a module
Better interaction between Pronto and Javascript through a ubiquitous "pronto" JS object
Added UI routines via JS library, will be used by future plugins
Added an error handler that will send debug data to site administrators when in production mode
Fixes for brain-dead IE, again. (love you, IE)
Changed argument order for tpHTML::composite_url()
Added backtrace() function for debugging/error handling
Muchos bugfixes
Better automatic file handling in default load_record(), tpFile::file() and tpFile::image() methods
A few good Javascript improvements for AJAX and performance
Changes for PHP 5.3
- Removed use of ereg() and friends (deprecated)
- Removed split(), mysql_escape_string (deprecated)
- Removed use of {} to access string offsets (deprecated)
- Removed use of "=& new Classname()" (deprecated)

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New Release: Pronto 0.5

2008-10-22T07:10:00Z

Today is a red letter day. Pronto has finally matured enough that it can be crowned with a real version number. We've also released an additional example application, which is a simple blog. Every framework seems to focus on blogs as examples, so we didn't want to be left out.

Notable Changes:

Altered URL routing to allow named subpatterns, which are then merged into a final (internal) request variable array along with GET/POST.
Added SQLite 2/3 drivers (untested)
Put MySQL into ANSI mode so we can escape reserved words using double-quotes instead of backticks. Backticks will still work as well.
Modified internal use of registry to prefix internal objects with pronto: for namespace control.
Added argument to Validator::validate() and Validator::required() that overrides the default request argument set.
Fixed google_translate.php and added translate_all.php to translate English to other languages supported by Google Translate.
Added a change-language box to the default Pronto layout
Added a PDO database driver
Started using multibyte string functions where appropriate
Added ppImage::auto_rotate()
Changed session behaviour to initialize/use only if its required. This makes Pronto easier to use behind an http reverse proxy such as Varnish
Altered path settings to Pronto and application code can live anywhere, even outside the web root. To move them, alter DIR_FS_PRONTO and DIR_FS_APP in config.php, then alter the require() line in index.php
Added tpAJAX::autocomplete()
Modules can now use their own config/navigation.php
Chnaged tpAJAX::popup_div() to tpAJAX::popup_bind(), now takes real jQuery selectors as targets
Upgraded TinyMCE to 3.2.0.2, swapped out ajaxfilemanager for tinybrowser
Revamped navigation menus to support multi-depth sub menus
Changed tpAJAX::dialog() to be simpler and more versatile
Merged functionality of dialogs and popups so they both use tpAJAX::buttons()
Many deprecated methods removed:
- Removed PHPMailer (deprecated by SwiftMailer) and FCKEditor (deprecated by TinyMCE)
- Removed old backwards-compatible DB methods
- Removed Page::validate() and Page::required() shortcut methods
- Plugins must be referenced through $this->plugins
- Removed Web::url() and Web::full_url() shortcut methods
- tpTable::build_grid() no longer uses cb_fn or valuefn parameters

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New SVN Snapshot: 20080909

2008-09-09T13:09:00Z

Bugfixes, new toys, and all-round happyosity. Pronto for the win.

If you're upgrading an existing app, take special note of the bold item below. You may be required to alter your templates to use the new url() function within grids and $html->link() calls.

See the relevant manual section for details.
Template::set() now accepts arrays of varibles to set
cosmetic improvements in CRUD generator
added ability to specify subform column widths in build_form
bugfixes for CRUD hooks, some getting called twice
added ability to pass a 2-d array to tpForm::select() and have it use <optgroup> tags
added tpForm::dom_id() though we're not enforcing it yet
added tpAJAX::autocomplete_multisel() and the requisite CSS/JS support files
added thickbox (no support functions yet)
added a module generator alongside the CRUD generator
store URL routes in Registry so we don't access it via globals
Changed the URL generation, it's now usually required that all urls get passed through url() or absolute_url() first, even when going through tpHTML::link or tpHTML::link_button()
added Page::set_ajax()
fixed http status code setting via Web::status()
changed on-demand (ajax) loading of JS files. Now all 'load' files must complete before all 'run' snippets are executed.
added backtrace info to error output

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New SVN Snapshot: 20080606

2008-06-06T13:06:00Z

Summer's here. What better way to spend it, than indoors learning a new web framework?

Moved SQL generation routines out of Page and into a separate SQL_Generator class
Added a CSS reset so browsers can all agree on default styling
Added hide_misc_errors to tpForm::build_form() for tabbed/multi forms
Improved tpForm::propagate()
ppMailer plugin now uses SwiftMailer instead of PHPMailer
Added ppPDF plugin to convert HTML to PDF using DOMPDF or Prince
Better variable substitution in action URLs in grids and forms
Upgraded jQuery to 1.2.6
Added a file-based cache driver
Renamed Page_Server class to Page_Static
Removed support for the deprecated Model::list_data() method (use list_params() instead)
Boring old bugfixes

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New SVN Snapshot: 20080428

2008-04-28T13:04:00Z

New release time!

Change in nomenclature: "template plugins" are now also known as "helpers", and "page plugins" are now also known as simply "plugins"
Added a datetime widget to the Form helper
Moved template logic into a separate class so it can be accessed outside of page controllers (eg, a commandline client can now use it to render email content)
CSS fixes for IE6 and IE7 (oh how I hate thee)
Changed Mailer plugin to use SwiftMailer instead of PHPMailer. PHPMailer is still available via ppPHPMailer for the time being.
Upgraded TinyMCE to 3.0.7
Changes to display callback functions in tpGrid::build_grid()
More bugfixes

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New SVN Snapshot: 20080403

2008-04-04T13:04:00Z

A few incremental improvements done over the weekend.

Moved input validation routines into a separate facility class
Made page plugins accessible through the registry, so other layers can now use them (eg, data models)
Added rotation functionality to Image plugin
Bugfixes

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Forums Available

2008-03-28T13:03:00Z

As a stopgap solution for community collaboration (we have bigger plans in the works), we've launched a forum. Please help us fill those empty forums - the echoes are unnerving.

http://forum.prontoproject.com

Site Launched!

2008-03-25T13:03:00Z

Although Pronto has been in development for over a year, we've only now decided to announce its presence to the world. Behold, world!

This site is still just a zygote of what it will become, so please be patient. For now, it serves only to introduce you to Pronto and to provide documentation and tarballs.

Stay tuned, as more is certainly on the way.