[Xerte-dev] Re: PHP compatibility

[David Goodwin]

Would e.g. the google summer of code be a valid option/opportunity?

Presumably : http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014

David.


On 16 Oct 2013, at 10:21, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> > I can't see Microsoft sponsoring Xerte
> Damn. I’ll cross them off the list then. ;-)
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> From: xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-dev-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of David Goodwin
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> Subject: [Xerte-dev] Re: PHP compatibility
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> On 16 Oct 2013, at 09:57, Mark Berthelemy <mberthelemy at wyversolutions.co.uk> wrote:
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> Just a thought…
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> When this issue came up with Moodle, Microsoft sponsored the development required for the db abstraction.
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> https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=57989
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> That sounds almost like they're using something like Propel [ see propelorm.org ] whereby you define the database using XML and it generates a load of PHP code to do 'stuff'.
> (Doctrine is equivalent afaik). This would probably require significant changes to the code base - i.e no embedded SQL, needing some sort of model/service layer and so on.
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> [Un]Fortunately Moodle is significantly larger in all metrics - I can't see Microsoft sponsoring Xerte :-/
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> David.
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