PHP5 CMS Framework
Development
Expert insight and practical guidance to creating
an efficient, flexible, and robust framework for a
PHP5-based content management system
Martin Brampton
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
PHP5 CMS Framework Development
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About the Author
Martin Brampton, an internationally known IT Industry Analyst, has an
unrivalled grasp of the complexities of modern day system architectures built on
both research and practical experiences. Martin's knowledge of the importance
of scalable frameworks is founded on the early days of his career. After studying
mathematics at Cambridge University, he built major software systems in both
nancial and technical application areas. Several of his systems were acclaimed as
"legendary" in their reliability—some of which are still in use today.
After a decade of heading IT for an accountancy rm, a few years as a director
of a leading analyst rm, and an MA degree in Modern European Philosophy,
Martin nally returned to his interest in software, but this time transformed into
web applications. He found PHP5, which ts well with his prejudice in favor of
programming languages that are interpreted and strongly object oriented.
Utilizing PHP, Martin took on development of useful extensions for the Mambo (and
now also Joomla!) systems, then became a team leader for developing Mambo itself.
More recently, he has written a complete new generation CMS named Aliro, many
aspects of which are described in this book. He has also created a common API to
enable extensions to be written with a single code base for Aliro, Joomla (1.0 and 1.5)
and Mambo (http://www.acmsapi.org).
All in all, Martin is now interested in too many things and consequently has little
spare time. But his focus is on object oriented software with a web slant, much of
which is open-source. He runs Black Sheep Research, which provides software,
speaking and writing services, including "The Brampton Factor", a monthly column
for silicon.com (http://silicon.com/comment/martinbrampton) where he is
politely described as a veteran analyst.
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