RE: [PHP] Building modular applications (long)

2005-03-22 Thread Chris W. Parker
Brent Baisley on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:41 AM said: > In your case, you are just saying the modules > aren't there rather than being restricted. Your idea for having a > script that would build the menu is good for a system with user level > restrictions because t

Re: [PHP] Building modular applications (long)

2005-03-22 Thread Brent Baisley
You may want to look into design patterns. This will help you create applications that adapt to change well. When designing your application, figure out what changes when a module is present and separate it out. Find out what every module will use and group that together. You're going to want d

[PHP] Building modular applications (long)

2005-03-21 Thread Chris W. Parker
Hello, So I was thinking about building some modularity into future projects and wanted to bounce some ideas off my fellow list members. My definition of "modular application" is: A modular application is one that can have it's major functions added/removed with the click of a button, or the crea