Smart.Framework is a practical, modern and high performance PHP / JavaScript Framework for Web featuring Middlewares and MVC.
It is a lightweight but feature reach PHP / JavaScript web framework, mature and stable, it is being proactively used and tested in several high-end web projects that can really serve many millions of page views per month with a single physical server
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- A very pragmatic and practical approach: A Practical Web Framework for Practical People
- Web oriented approach: to offer a solid and secure platform for building websites or web based applications for Web Clients, Desktops and Mobiles
- Clean Code: MVC code pattern with built-in Dependency-Injection
- Hybrid Architecture: Multi-Tier combined with Middlewares architecture to provide a flexible and responsive web service
- Modular Architecture: support creating reusable modules (there are also many turn-key modules available in Smart.Framework.Modules)
- Full Decoupled Libraries: the framework core is using independent (decoupled) libraries (no 3rd party dependencies)
- NameSpace Separation in modules for: Models, Views, Controllers and Libraries
- Easy to integrate with 3rd party (vendor) libraries
- Native Cloud Server Services (built-in), as module for: WebDAV Server, CalDAV Server, CardDAV Server
- Native Cloud Client Provider (built-in), as library for HTTP/HTTPS access which supports the full range of HTTP(S) Methods / Requests: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, …
- Native Router based on smart URL Links: /?page=my-module.sample that can be used as /?/page/my-module.sample or /?/page/sample if (my-module is default bundle)
- Integrates with Apache Rewrite to use SEO friendly links like /sample.html instead of traditional link /?page=my-module.sample or smart link /?/page/my-module.sample/
Website: demo.unix-world.org/smart-framework
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Radu Ovidiu Ilies
License: BSD license or GNU General Public License v3.0
Smart.Framework is written in PHP and JavaScript. Learn PHP with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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