Achievo ATK - A Business Framework (DPC 2007)

Achievo ATK – A business framework Ivo Jansch <ivo@ibuildings.nl>

Agenda
What is a business framework?
About the ATK framework
Demo

Business Frameworks
When to use:
Applications that you use in a business
Data management
Processes
Or any other app that manipulates data
Website backends
'admin modules'
Business logic layer

Business Frameworks
Key properties:
Focus on business logic implementation
Abstract away from HTML
Abstract away from web application details
Provide an actual framework (not just components)‏
Model Driven

Business Frameworks
Application area's:
CRM
HRM
ERP
Resourcemanagement
Inventory control
CMS

Comparison
PHP

Comparison
Frameworks

Comparison
Business frameworks

Examples
Microsoft Business Framework
http://www.businessframework.com
Engage Java Business Framework
http://www.suntech.it/engage/top.asp
SAP IBF
http://www.topxml.com/sap/sap_internet_business_framework.asp
Achievo ATK
http://www.achievo.org/atk
PhpPeanuts
http://www.phppeanuts.org

Achievo ATK

ATK Application Framework
Achievo ATK is an object oriented Web Application Framework, written in PHP
Business application development
Targeted at developers who wish to focus on business logic, instead of coding HTML

History
First there was Achievo Project Management
Open sourced in April 2000
My First PHP Application!
... which was pretty obvious
Evil scripting, code duplication, loads and loads of code
But I studied Computer Science, didn't I?
OO in PHP4?
Design patterns in PHP?
Yeah, right...
Oh well, let's give that a try anyway

History
Achievo rewrite
Model based
OO
Framework
Framework > Achievo
Used in other applications at Ibuildings
Achievo ATK released in 2004

ATK philosophy
Very Rapid Application Development
Code minimization (10 lines of code…)‏
“ Don’t reinvent the wheel”
“ Don’t Repeat Yourself” principle
80/20 rule
Vesatile
Supports many databases
Runs out of the box
Dependencies are bundled
PHP4 / PHP5
Customizable
Modular system
Customize ATK
Customize your own software

ATK features
For the user
Uniform interface
CRUD functionality
Data search functionality
Themes
Internationalization (15+ languages)‏
AJAX features
For the developer
Database abstraction layer (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL)‏
Relationship modeling (e.g. 1:N, N:1, N:M db relations)‏
Flexible authentication & authorization
Application session management
Out of the box, but 100% customizable

ATK features
Fancy stuff:
Full query abstraction (Connection, DML, DDL)‏
Transparent MySQL replication support
Overloader mechanism
No scaffolding
Metadata based applications

ATK Demo
Demo…

Business Model
Knowledge based model
Support
Training
Paid enhancements
License based model
Commercial licensing
Dual licensing
Indirect model
Projects
Other products (CMS, dotcoms)‏

Development Model
Evolutionary development
Grow as needed
Community contributions
Generalization
Careful selection of development layer
Need something twice -> generalize
Quality control
Unit Testing
Sheriffs

Future plans
PHP5 features (finally..)‏
Webservices
More pluggable architecture (embeddable)‏
Documentation
Richer interface (ajax, flex)‏

More info
Visit these websites for more information about Ibuildings and the ATK framework:
http://www.ibuildings.nl
http://www.achievo.org/atk
http://www.achievo.org/blog
ivo@ibuildings.nl
Thank you!

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