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About b2evo, coupling and reusability

Back in 2006, I wrote this little piece about the internal design of classes in b2evolution & evoCore... This is still pretty much relevant. So here it is again... ;) There is a whole (almost) product called b2evolution. It's like a car. Let's say a car…...

November 8, 2010 · 2 min · François Planque

Testing b2evolution v4...

The upcoming b2evolution v4 release is intimidating on several counts: It includes more new features than any other single release before... It includes code from more different contributors than ever before... and last but not least... I haven't m…...

July 18, 2010 · 2 min · François Planque

Arbitrary decisions & why b2evolution is not a democracy

Some like it strong. Some like it light. Some like it with milk. Some like it hot. Some like it chilled... There is no single right way to serve coffee. It's pretty much the same when it comes to software, blog software for that matter…...

December 12, 2009 · 28 min · François Planque

Breadcrumbs path

Breadcrumbs is a feature I've been wanting to implement for quite a long time. In b2evo 4, I started adding them to the admin interface... I realized one of the reasons we failed to implement them properly before is because we tried to tie them to the…...

December 11, 2009 · 2 min · François Planque

Resistance to change

Everything changes. And when it comes to technology, everything changes rapidly. b2evolution is no exception. Humour me while I'm even temped to say "it's in its genes to evolve" ;)...

December 10, 2009 · 4 min · François Planque

Core vs. plugins

A few years ago I once said sth along: "oh yeah, we could make the core super small & lightweight and have almost everything work as a plugin".Well, that was a very long time ago... in between I have realized this: The plugin architecture works we…...

September 5, 2009 · 3 min · François Planque