release preview
With the number of things on my todo list for the next release shringking fast its time to have a look at what is about to happen in the next ZenMagick release.
I’ve already written about a few things, but I think it is also nice to have it all in one place. (Also, these posts are usually good starting points for writing the release notes!)
So, here’s a list of things to look out for int he next release:
- Banner Management
So far, banners where identified by index (integer) and needed a setting each in order to work. As of 0.9.5 this is going to be simplified and there is actually already some documentation about how things are going to work. - Database API
A number of things changed here, in particular the ability to create type mappings on-the-fly and support for array model data in all xxxModel() methods should make life simpler in a few cases - define refactoring
A lot more defines have been converted into consts in the appropriate classes. Defines are fine, however, I feel that consts are a lot more readable and also it’s easier to find where things actually are in the source code. - ZMLayout refactoring
The service class ZMLayout has been renamed ZMTemplateManager in reflect the newly added methods to manage CSS and JavaScript resources. Short story is that it allows to add CSS to a page even after the <head> section has been created by the template. - Support for large result lists
I’ve explained this already, so I’ll just say that the new solution is SQL based and pretty close (at the bottom) to what Zen Cart currently does. - Plugins
As usual there will be new plugins. First, an initial version of a plugin to manage custom ZenMagick settings in the database. It uses some new widgets and I expect that with the number of widgets growing there will be a lot of improvements in the future.
Secondly, support for phpBB3 at the same level as currently exists for phpBB2.
There are also improvements and fixes for a number of other plugins that are, of course, listed in the changelog. - Open
A couple things are still open, but should be included, time permitting: a new search page based on the already existing ZMProductFinder class, make all unit tests pass!
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