Agile Toolkit is a PHP framework for developing Powerful Web Applications. Inspired by Desktop Toolkits (QT, Cocoa, .NET) it provides clever web application framework for developers with any skill level.

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by Romans Malinovskis
Web Software architect since 1997

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About me
☺ Started programming on 8088 IBM PC
☺ TurboVision, Pascal, C++, Delphi since 1994
☺ LINUX / UNIX administrator in 1999
☺ Founded Web Service Company in 2003
☺ Published Agile Toolkit in 2010
☺ CTO, Consultant, Entrepreneur

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About me
☺ Started programming on 8088 IBM PC
☺ TurboVision, Pascal, C++, Delphi since 1994

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About me
☺ Started programming on 8088 IBM PC
☺ TurboVision, Pascal, C++, Delphi since 1994

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About me
☺ Started programming on 8088 IBM PC
☺ TurboVision, Pascal, C++, Delphi since 1994
Object-Oriented User Interface
(Performance-focused)

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Web UI Problem
“90% of Developer Time is spent on User Interface”
Steve Jobs, NeXT Presentation
UI
UI
UI
Core
Core
Core
1998 2004 2012
History repeats itself. Now in Web UI.

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Web UI Problem
UI
Core

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Web UI Problem
UI
Zend, Symfony, PEAR,
Core
CodeIgniter, Kohana

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Web UI Problem
?
UI
Zend, Symfony, PEAR,
Core
CodeIgniter, Kohana

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Web UI Problem
JS ExtJS
API ?
MVC Zend, Symfony, PEAR,
CodeIgniter, Kohana

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Web UI Problem
JS ExtJS
API ?
MVC Zend, Symfony, PEAR,
CodeIgniter, Kohana
No full-stack solution

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Web UI Problem
☹ Not Reusable
JS ☹ Cross-Language
Your ☹ High-Spec
API Code
☹ Scattered
MVC ☹ Difficult to test
☹ Expensive to maintain

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Web UI Problem
☹ Not Reusable
JS ☹ Cross-Language
Your ☹ High-Spec
API Code
☹ Scattered
MVC ☹ Difficult to test
☹ Expensive to maintain
You still “echo” HTML

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Agile Toolkit Approach
JS
API Add-
Core Component
ons
PHP
Backend and Frontend are fully integrated throughout
Agile Toolkit, Your Product and Add-ons.

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Presentation Plan
1. User Interface
2. JavaScript Bindings
3. Business Logic Model
4. Availability & Licensing

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1. Object-Oriented
HTML User Interface

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
Example: The Form

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
PHP Code HTML Result

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
PHP Code HTML Result

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
PHP Code HTML Result

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
Object Tree Code
Page
Frame
Form Field
Button Button

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
Object Tree Result
Page
Render
Frame
Form Field
Button Button

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
☺ Great looking Interface out-of-the-box
☺ Add-ons and components use standard UI
☺ Flexible HTML templates
☺ Stable
☺ Re-usable and extensible

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Agile Toolkit: User Interface
Real-Life Projects

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2. Object-Level
jQuery Integration

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Event Chains
Click

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Event Chains

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Chain Enclosures

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AJAX and execute

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Agile Toolkit: JavaScript
☺ Dynamic PHP wrapping into JavaScript
☺ Extensive JavaScript libraries
☺ Rich User Interface
☺ Integration with jQuery and jQuery UI
☺ Component-level dependencies

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AJAX browsing

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AJAX browsing
Load-JS-on-demand

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3. Model-Level
Business Logic

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Model Inheritance
Diagram
Order Account
Completed Moderator Admin
Order

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Agile Toolkit: Business Logic
☺ Object-Oriented, not table-oriented
☺ Models support joins and conditions
☺ Model traversing
☺ SQL expressions, extensions
☺ Support for stored procedures

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Admin Panel development
becomes trivial!

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Front-end becomes safe and secure

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Reuse. Only code what is missing.

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Security. Performance. Agile.
☺ Input/Output security.
☺ Natural integration Data+Template
☺ Unix-rule. 80%-rule.
☺ For Proper coders
☺ Unit-test driven testing

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Developer-friendly testing

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Feature Summary
Simple Template Engine
Dynamic Query Language
Relational Models
Elegant Object Structure
Multiple API classes

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Feature Summary
Full-featured CSS Framework
Bundled Views (Forms, Grids, Menu)
jQuery Theme Compatibility
Object-level JavaScript
Add-on Components

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Feature Summary
Data Access Controllers
Model-enhancing Controllers
API-enhancing Controllers
Compatibility Controllers
Caching Controllers

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Feature Summary
Extensible JavaScript API
Detect changed forms
Duplicate AJAX request
Load-JS-on-demand
Widget-Factory friendly

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4. Availability and
Licensing

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Support Model
☺ Full Open-Source (AGPL)
☺ Tightly Controlled Development
☺ Freelancer Licensing
☺ Enterprise Licensing
☺ Development Services

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Agile Toolkit - 2012 plan
☺ On-Line Add-on store for v4.2
☺ Agile CMS, Agile Cart
☺ Improved Unit Tests
☺ Improved Documentation
☺ iBook

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Questions?
presented by Romans Malinovskis
r@agiletech.ie Twitter: @atk4