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Features

Created by hww3. Last updated by hww3, 17 years ago. Version #19.

Features

Model

• Object relational mapping with support for mySQL, SQLite and Postgres (preliminary support) database engines
• Numerous mapping classes allow rich functionality while seamlessly mapping a SQL database onto Pike objects
• Write an entire web application without writing a single SQL statement
• Object instances can be created using either factory methods (which allows caching) or through direct creation of objects from datatype classes
• Built in Caching system enhances performance with sliding expirations
• Model can be automatically configured from database schema (see Model).
• Validation, with separate validation available for creation and updates.
• Model can be used in standalone applications without the full Fins framework (see StandaloneModel.

View

• Modular template system is easily extended for custom functionality
• Two template systems are provided out of the box: Simple tempaltes, a Smarty-like markup syntax, and a Standards-compliant XSLT template engine.
• Simple templates are high-performance and provide rich functionality, such as runtime configurable Macros while promoting separation of application logic from interface display logic.
• Several macros (such as remote_form and remote_link) designed to make AJAX functionality quick and easy.
• Support for layouts that separate application (and controller level) formatting from event level content.
• Full set of i18n tools.

Controller

• Maps Pike functions and objects onto a web URI namespace.
• Functions are provided for returning various types of data and web server responses and passing information between requests
• XMLRPCController makes public functions available via XML-RPC permitting simple integration
• DocController eases application development by automatically selecting the proper template based on a request's position in the controller tree. Additionally, DocController automatically sets the layout for the controller the event is located within.
• ScaffoldController eases http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Create%2C_read%2C_update_and_delete interface generation by providing automatic interface generation based on a data model's schema.
• Built-in support for http://www.json.org encoding and decoding (see the Tools.JSON module) to ease data transport as well as a JSON-RPC controller.
• Pre and post request filtering for purposes such as authorization, encoding, etc.

Integration

• XMLRPC and JSON-RPC Controllers for providing automatic bindings of Pike methods to standards based RPC technologies.
• StompController for messaging integration using http:// stomp.codehaus.org.
• JMSController for http://www.sun.com/products/jms/

messaging integration

• SMTPController for handling inbound email.

Development

• A template is available for the http:// www.macromates.com text editor
• Runs on UNIX, Linux and MacOS X; Windows support is planned.
• Fins provides a built in web server, which means no additional web server is required for development.
• Provides Rendezvous bookmarks on Rendezvous enabled systems, such as MacOS X.
• All of the power of the Pike language is immediately available to Fins applications.
• Templates can be set to automatically reload on change, speeding development.
• Breakpointing support, which allows you to specify breakpoints, and access an interactive hilfe session mid- request.
• pike -x fins tools provide easy access to the built in http server, as well as a new application creation tool.

Deployment

• Provides a HTTP container for development or simple production deployments
• A connector module is available for the Caudium web application server, allowing easy deployment of Fins applications
• FCGI and SCGI containers for use with any FastCGI or SCGI capable webserver
• Built in application packaging features make it easy to distribute your application.

New features are being added regularly, so it's often best to have a look at the CVS changelog:

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