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Comment on crossing the mvc divide, kohana and zend style by dewaldbotha

dewaldbotha — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:07:45 +0000

@Aaron You can check for a logged in flag in the view, but now, say you want to add that form to one or more views, you have to copy that code in all relevant views.

So with the above solution, you can have that piece of code in one central place and then just call < ?php echo $this->template->partial = new View(‘log/generateform’);?>, which will allow for easy an easy reusable component that can be used in multiple views.

Comment on crossing the mvc divide, kohana and zend style by Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:07:01 +0000

try that again:

[html]
[head]
[title] [?= $page->title ?] [/title]
[/head]
[body]
[?= $page->heading ?]

[!-- conditionally displayed content --]
[? if ( $user->is_logged_in() ): ?]
Hello, $user->name
[? else: ?]
[form]
username: [input name="username"]
password: [input name="password"]
[/form]
[? endif ?]

[!-- common content --]

[?= $page->footer ?]
[/body]
[/html]

Comment on crossing the mvc divide, kohana and zend style by Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:31 +0000

I don’t see why you couldn’t determine if the user is logged in in your controller and then check the flag in your view?

title ?>

heading ?>

is_logged_in() ): ?>
Hello, $user->name

username:
password:

footer ?>

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Comment on applying game theory patterns to development by dewaldbotha

dewaldbotha — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:29:14 +0000

Yip – I agree that the UI could be adapted – and that my use of game theory is probably very liberal in this regard, but I do maintain that you could make strategic decisions based on solid data gathered. Not only in UI, but filtering through to application level and to the way you utilise servers, for e.g. a chat server being able to scale to more than one instance if the need arises -

I’m still trying to figure out a great code example to better articulate what I’m trying to do – but this might take a while.

Comment on applying game theory patterns to development by GrahamP

GrahamP — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:07:32 +0000

I don’t think game theory is the right word for it.

For instance, Gnome-Do remembers the apps you choose most frequently for keypresses. Its more like adapting the UI to make frequently used features more convenient, but doing it dynamically instead of deciding upfront based on user experience testing.

Also useful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimation_theory

Comment on applying game theory patterns to development by dewaldbotha

dewaldbotha — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:50:35 +0000

Yip – I really think that there might be some value to it – I’m not saying write a whole dynamic pattern that could change everything in your application, but just apply it to certain areas – where in the end only the numbers would really speak for itself.

As PHPSlacker would put it – There is an anti-pattern to everything.

Comment on applying game theory patterns to development by Conrad Strydom

Conrad Strydom — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:44:31 +0000

Hmm,

Ja I don’t entirely get the game theory as it applies to different sectors of our existence, but I have gleaned that there is definately some value to be extracted by applying the game theory to out projects, ie that we pivot our search for a succesful experience for an individual on the actions of the community. (err?) Something like that .. now I can go back to sleep….

Comment on crossing the mvc divide, kohana and zend style by dewaldbotha

dewaldbotha — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:34:36 +0000

yip – i must admit that i’ve only started reading up on django this morning, but from what i’ve seen so far it seems like a pretty competent framework compared to others such as pylons.

as for the mvc and presentation/action logic issue, i guess i just needed that bit of reassurance -

but alas, for know, i’m looking deep into the chapters of my ‘dive into python’ book

Comment on crossing the mvc divide, kohana and zend style by Stii

Stii — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:00:12 +0000

Rails are heavy action driven (i.e. the view dictates the presentation logic, AFAIK), so it is quite different from Kohana/Django in that respect. Yet Rails are the acme of mvc frameworks in many people’s eye! I think the issue are not being pressed since it is not really that big a deal. As long as the basic principles are being followed, its okay.

Keep in mind that Django is considered an MVT (Model-View-Template) framework and not MVC, which does make it different.