From e334c472fb4be44feec3a73402fc4a2b062cbfc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: admin Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:44:22 +0000 Subject: --- user_guide/overview/appflow.html | 2 +- user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html | 24 ++++++++++++------------ user_guide/overview/features.html | 4 ++-- user_guide/overview/goals.html | 4 ++-- user_guide/overview/index.html | 2 +- user_guide/overview/mvc.html | 10 +++++----- 6 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'user_guide/overview') diff --git a/user_guide/overview/appflow.html b/user_guide/overview/appflow.html index a0ae1dee5..4b0d5d161 100644 --- a/user_guide/overview/appflow.html +++ b/user_guide/overview/appflow.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ diff --git a/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html b/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html index ad2a0e794..2ca15af62 100644 --- a/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html +++ b/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ What is Code Igniter?

Code Igniter is an Application Framework

-

Code Igniter is a toolkit for people who build web application using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code +

Code Igniter is a toolkit for people who build web application using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed tasks, as well as a simple interface and -logical structure to access these libraries. Code Igniter lets you creatively focus on your project by +logical structure to access these libraries. Code Igniter lets you creatively focus on your project by minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task.

Code Igniter is Free

@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ For more information please read the license agreement

Code Igniter Runs on PHP 4

-

Code Igniter is written to be compatible with PHP 4. Although we would have loved to take advantage of the better object handling -in PHP 5 since it would have simplified some things we had to find creative solutions for (looking your way, multiple inheritance), -at the time of this writing PHP 5 is not in widespread use, which means we would be alienating most of our +

Code Igniter is written to be compatible with PHP 4. Although we would have loved to take advantage of the better object handling +in PHP 5 since it would have simplified some things we had to find creative solutions for (looking your way, multiple inheritance), +at the time of this writing PHP 5 is not in widespread use, which means we would be alienating most of our potential audience. Major OS vendors like RedHat have yet to support PHP 5, and they are unlikely to do so until 2007, so we felt that it did not serve the best interests of the PHP community to write Code Igniter in PHP 5.

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ is very lean and quite fast. This is particularly good for projects in which designers are working with your template files, as the code these file contain will be minimized. We describe MVC in more detail on its own page.

Code Igniter Generates Clean URLs

-

The URLs generated by Code Igniter are clean and search-engine friendly. Rather than using the standard "query string" +

The URLs generated by Code Igniter are clean and search-engine friendly. Rather than using the standard "query string" approach to URLs that is synonymous with dynamic systems, Code Igniter uses a segment-based approach:

www.your-site.com/news/article/345 @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ approach to URLs that is synonymous with dynamic systems, Code Igniter uses a se

Note: By default the index.php file is included in the URL but it can be removed using a simple .htaccess file.

Code Igniter Packs a Punch

-

Code Igniter comes with a very nice set of libraries that enable the most commonly needed web development tasks, +

Code Igniter comes with a very nice set of libraries that enable the most commonly needed web development tasks, like accessing a database, sending email, validating form data, maintaining sessions, manipulating images, working with XML-RPC data and more.

Code Igniter is Extensible

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ like accessing a database, sending email, validating form data, maintaining sess

Code Igniter Does Not Require a Template Engine

Although Code Igniter does come with a simple template parser that can be optionally used, it does not force you to use one. -Template engines simply can not match the performance of native PHP, and the syntax that must be learned to use a template +Template engines simply can not match the performance of native PHP, and the syntax that must be learned to use a template engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consider this block of PHP code:

<ul>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consi <ul>

-{foreach from=$addressbook item="name"}
+{foreach from=$addressbook item="name"}

<li>{$name}</li>

@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ engine is usually only marginally easier than learning the basics of PHP. Consi
</ul> -

Yes, the template engine example is a bit cleaner, but it comes at the price of performance, as the pseudo-code must be converted +

Yes, the template engine example is a bit cleaner, but it comes at the price of performance, as the pseudo-code must be converted back into PHP to run. Since one of our goals is maximum performance, we opted to not require the use of a template engine.

Code Igniter is Thoroughly Documented

Programmers love to code and hate to write documentation. We're no different, of course, but -since documentation is as important as the code itself, +since documentation is as important as the code itself, we are committed to doing it. Our source code is extremely clean and well commented as well.

diff --git a/user_guide/overview/features.html b/user_guide/overview/features.html index 4e013f50d..0d4fdffc8 100644 --- a/user_guide/overview/features.html +++ b/user_guide/overview/features.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Features

Features in and of themselves are a very poor way to judge an application since they tell you nothing about the user experience, or how intuitively or intelligently it is designed. Features don't reveal anything about the quality of the code, or the performance, or the attention to detail, or security practices. -The only way to really judge an app is to try it and get to know the code. Installing +The only way to really judge an app is to try it and get to know the code. Installing Code Igniter is child's play so we encourage you to do just that. In the mean time here's a list of Code Igniter's main features.