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This is THE AWESOME....Bookmark Alert for VCL Info

Tonight after work I fired up the old Delphi 4 PHP IDE and saw that the Qadram companion site is now up...check it out

PHP Web Application Development Framework

This is particularly awesome since it has all the working samples, ONLINE, and LIVE.  Plus you can download the source code if need be.  They also are mirroring the VCL documentation I have referred to previously, and also have a WIki set up where they have how to guides for setting up apps with the components...

 

Here are a few things from the WIki Page:  (built using Delphi for PHP btw)

 

  • FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions, the first place you should visit
  • Links - Links related to Delphi for PHP information
  • User's Guide - This guide will show you how to use the library to develop web applications
  • Component Writer's Guide - If you are interested in creating components, this is the first place to go
  • Contributor's Guide - If you want to help us in the development of the library, click here
  • Database Access from PHP - This guide explains how to setup PHP to provide database access to your scripts

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    At this late hour I feel like a kid the night before Christmas...too tired to stay up but can't yet go to sleep.  I think this is going to make a HUGE difference with my understanding and use of the project...at least I hope.  I will dive into it tomorrow and hopefully it will help me as much as I think it is going to.  Looks very promising.

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    Security Concerns Surrounding VCL Components

    One thing caught me a little off guard regarding updates and support.  I was looking through the IDE this evening and found the following in the read me section:

    To download any available updates to the Delphi for PHP development environment, visit http://www.codegear.com/downloads. Get the latest VCL for PHP updates from the open source project site at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcl4php/.

     

    Now I understand that the VCL is being handled in the Open Source community.  However in my mind I think that since Delphi is distributing them with the launch of this product that I should be able to get component updates from them? 

    I understand that these are open source components that can be modified by the community, but it seems to me that there should be some way that Codegear would be able to vet new versions of components.  I guess where I am going with all of this is with regard to security concerns. 

    I realize the beauty of open source is that users can act quickly to resolve issues and innovate.  However along with that power comes a certain danger that requires knowledge to discern...what to download and what is ok to use.  I guess for the time being I would rather have my components come from the company I paid for the IDE.

    Thoughts?

     

     

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    VCL Reference

    I stumbled on the VCL Reference at Sourceforge tonight.  Hopefully this should help with documentation issues.  I come from the world of products like Dreamweaver and Visual Basic.  Those are fairly mature products with a lot of books and documentation to be found.  I guess PHP being open source leave much of the documentation aside from books, up to the community which is cool.  It was a little bit of a culture shock for me not to find too much in the way of documentation with the product but I am learning that the documentation for this follows the PHP model.

    So without further ado.... VCL Documentation at Sourceforge

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