How Midgard and Midgard2 differ
I had to make some updates to the architecture diagrams, and I thought to publish them here to showcase the difference. Midgard was a CMS framework for PHP:
Midgard2 is a more universal content repository where CMS is just one application:
Please note that more choice in databases and web servers is not the only goodie provided by Midgard2. You also get things like a completely rewritten MVC framework, database views, transactions and native datetime objects. And all of this for multiple programming languages, not just PHP.
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Content repository talk in FrOSCon
Content repositories can be useful for your application. In the PHP track of FrOSCon on Aug 22nd there will be a talk about this: Midgard2: Content repository for your PHP application Content repositories allow you to separate the actual front-end of your application from background processing tools. More than just their underlying databases, they impose common rules for data access,...
Midgard 2: more than just PHP, more than just CMS
As Midgard 2 is already in alpha stage, I though it would be good to update the architecture diagram to showcase the new Midgard structure. This includes multiple language bindings, MidCOM3, D-Bus interprocess communications and other things. With these changes Midgard 2 can function either as a full-fledged CMS, a PHP MVC framework, or a persistent storage framework for multiple...