ploof – PHP Lightweight Object Oriented Framework

So I decided I’m going to go ahead and make a framework. I know, just what the world needs is another framework, let alone one that will probably have poor documentation (I’ll try to PHPDoc it).

So why bother? Mostly because I don’t like a lot of the frameworks out there. I use a custom rolled framework at AirAdvice that I built from the ground up, so I have some experience, and we, as developers, are always looking to build a better mousetrap. But what finally sent me over the edge is that I have enough of a backlog of personal projects that it makes sense to build something to expedite that process. I want something that is easy for designers, and something that allows me to get projects off the ground as efficiently as possible.

Here’s some things I plan on building into ploof (and there will probably be more, but these are the things I could think of that I wanted as we were driving home from Bandon, Oregon this weekend):

• CSS framework
• PHP 5.3 compatible
• Migrations
• Rapid build out from a database (auto creation of classes and relationships)
• Namespaces for partials
• Record and view caching
• Tuple HABTM
• Form handling that makes sense
• PHPUnit

I haven’t checked anything in yet, but it’s hosted on Google Code. More to follow.

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