I have been using phpmyadmin, since I have been using MySQL. I have always been tweaking and editing it for personalizations and customizations. One thing I think it is badly lacking is *MVC (Model - View - Controller) Architecture.*
Better than porting it OOP, it is better to convert into an MVC Architecture. The reasons why I support MVC Architecture is :
1. Scalabality 2. Code Reuse 3. Integration of various libraries 4. Same application logic can generate various views, i.e., it can be used to generate UI for mobile or for touch-enabled devices
Also, one optional thing to be considered is, while designing the models, it is* important to consider the interactions between the various components*and plan according. The phpmyadmin code is written in a good fashion, but it can be better.
Also,* a good abstraction layer for various other DBMS,* and hence can be extended to other RDBMS.
phpmyadmin, by far, the best database tool I have ever used, I think can evolve into a better and a robust tool for DBMS.
*Summary : * Rather than concentrating into converting the codebase into OOP, it should rather be organized into and *MVC architecture.* There should be a* considerable amount of planning before designing the system*, considering the interactions amongst various models. *A database abstraction layer* can be maintained, in order to extend its capabilities to other DBMS.
Dhruv Baldawa a écrit :
I have been using phpmyadmin, since I have been using MySQL. I have always been tweaking and editing it for personalizations and customizations. One thing I think it is badly lacking is *MVC (Model - View - Controller) Architecture.*
This is out of scope for a GSOC project.
P.S. Please search this mailing list for "MVC", you'll find previous discussions about this suggestion.
https://sourceforge.net/search/?group_id=23067&type_of_search=mlists
Marc Delisle a écrit :
This is out of scope for a GSOC project.
I thought I would rather help the project for a success, not for GSOC. It is important to think about the success of the project, rather than discussing its scope. If, at all, in the future, core developers decide to convert it into a MVC architecture, the previous work done in GSOC converting into OOP, would be of little use. If converting to MVC out of scope, some of the pre-defined part of the project can be done during GSOC and the rest can be then extended after that.
Also, one thing I would like to stress on for a GSOC project is : Database Abstraction Layer
What do you think about it as a GSOC project ?
Dhruv Baldawa a écrit :
Marc Delisle a écrit :
This is out of scope for a GSOC project.
I thought I would rather help the project for a success, not for GSOC.
But "GSoC 2011" appears in the title of your message.
It is important to think about the success of the project, rather than discussing its scope. If, at all, in the future, core developers decide to convert it into a MVC architecture, the previous work done in GSOC converting into OOP, would be of little use. If converting to MVC out of scope, some of the pre-defined part of the project can be done during GSOC and the rest can be then extended after that.
I'm not convinced about a MVC architecture for phpMyAdmin. Even if I was convinced, I would not have time to work on the conversion.
Also, one thing I would like to stress on for a GSOC project is : Database Abstraction Layer
We have such a layer in libraries/dbi.
What do you think about it as a GSOC project ?
What kind of layer are you proposing that would be different than what we have now? PDO or some home-made layer?
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Dne Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:47:59 +0530 Dhruv Baldawa dhruvbaldawa@gmail.com napsal(a):
I have been using phpmyadmin, since I have been using MySQL. I have always been tweaking and editing it for personalizations and customizations. One thing I think it is badly lacking is *MVC (Model - View - Controller) Architecture.*
Better than porting it OOP, it is better to convert into an MVC Architecture. The reasons why I support MVC Architecture is :
- Scalabality
- Code Reuse
- Integration of various libraries
- Same application logic can generate various views, i.e., it can be
used to generate UI for mobile or for touch-enabled devices
Indeed it might be better, but it is quite enormous project and definitely not doable during GSoC. Given current amount of active developers, some such massive rewrite is out of scope.
Also,* a good abstraction layer for various other DBMS,* and hence can be extended to other RDBMS.
There is basic abstraction in phpMyAdmin, however many features are so bound to MySQL, that it will be hard to separate. However there is Drizzle project for GSoC, which might actually explore this area.
Rather than concentrating into converting the codebase into OOP, it should rather be organized into and *MVC architecture.*
I think that converting to real MVC will be much easier once we have functional blocks separated from the html, what is basically the idea behind OOP.
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