A tiny tiny php framework (php 5.3+).

Browser → 'index.php?go=user:join' → Server (index.php) → module($_REQUEST['go'])->run()

• kv -
• pluggable -

• dom -
• layout -
• field -
• module -
• command -

• Encourage code reuse/sensible abstractions, favor composition instead of rabid inheritance
  • Use sugar to improve readability and enforce standards (some php functions are horribly named).
• Strict treatment of user input:
  • Field represents a domain-specific data type, use this instead of raw data types
    • Declarative: $Username = field()->must('maxChars', 255)->will('truncate');
      • Validation and other metadata is baked into the definition
      • Renderers are able to discern how to render a field based on metadata
• Flexible in-memory dom representation:
  • Not limited to standard html tags
  • Support custom tags and transformations
  • Selectively sanitizes content -- no need to waste cycles sanitizing safe content.
    • Able to specify what needs sanitization.

• Experiment with pattern matching sugar to replace regex.
  • Large regex strings are ridiculous to maintain, it's better to have a declarative style like the dom() api.
    • Advantages: does not need to parse a regex string (faster); no escaping hell; transformable; readable, maintable.
    • See example.
• Experiment with form building (validation, data-binding, rendering).
• Experiment with system administration tasks, defined in a declarative way (sequence, parallel, delayed, partitioned).
• Experiemnt with core ui controls (overlay, dialog, lists, trees, buttons, tooltips).
  • Also need some api for general browser features (history, ajax).
• Think of ways to manage js, css, resources.