FLOW3 the PHP framework that will be the basis for the new TYPO3 v5 got a major update today by the release of the first beta version. The FLOW3 team worked eight months on this release and from the announcement we can see that lot’s of things have changed. Especially important its the fact that this is not a backwards compatible release. They promise that from now on releases will be backwards compatible!
Other important changes include:
- a new proxy class building mechanism
- a new Doctrine2 based persistence layer
- improved command line support
- a new tutorial
- switch from DocBook to reStructured Text for the documentation\
Although the FLOW3 Team says that you could use FLOW3 for projects which have deadlines a couple of months ahead i would say that this FLOW3 release should be regarded as it is, namely a beta package, not ready for primetime use. It will be good for tinkering with it, testing stuff, getting things right and then when the final release will be available and we will have also some performance benchmarks, then we can think about using this in real life projects.
In order to download FLOW3 or read the full announcement click here
Laszlo Bodor
