Welcome to Vida!

Vida is a PHP5 MVC (Model View Controller) framework. It delivers 6 basic services for web applications using the new OO and XML features of PHP5:

  1. database encapsulation
  2. permission management
  3. form handling
  4. container based GUI control using Smarty templates
  5. action manager
  6. internationalisation

The vision is to enable abstract and rapid development of sophisticated PHP applications in as few lines of code as possible.

Sourceforge Project

sourceforge.net/projects/vida
The Sourceforge.net platform is used for the mailing list, release management and for promotion purposes.

Introduction to Vida

Have a look at the PDF slides of our first sprint o­n December 4, 2004 hold in Bern.

Introduction slides of the first sprint.

fst_dev_vida_sprint_dez2004_presentation.pdf (682 kB)

The basic concept of Vida: a new layer between the server and the web application

The 8 services of Vida (white ones work already, grey ones have to be done)

2006-04-21 00:37:07

Moved to SVN from SourceForge.net

Vida is now developed on SourceForge's new Subversion system.


2006-01-03 13:41:35

Vida is still alive!

After a few months rests the Vida project starts with new plans into 2006.


2005-04-02 11:38:07

Vida Presentation in Lima, Peru

First off-European presentation of Vida for the Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre at the University of San Martín de Porres. Including new Vida slides.


2005-04-02 09:04:57

Vida A0 poster

The A0 poster about the Vida project including UML class diagrams of the Model, View and Controller of the framework classes.


2005-01-24 08:24:26

Enable login in Vida

A quick guide how to enable login in Vida and thus making your web application secure.


2004-12-19 22:15:58

Press Release Vida 0.6

Please forward this press release to any PHP developer website you know. Thanks for your support promoting Vida!


2004-12-15 09:15:07

Vida 0.6 released

We are happy to announce the release of Vida 0.6! Additionally, WhiteNet is now available also on Sourceforge.


2004-12-04 18:35:27

Feedback Vida Sprint

The first Vida Sprint is over - it was great! Thanks to all who could come and spend a whole day getting into Vida.


2004-12-02 08:43:14

WhiteNet

WhiteNet is a web application for a hospital to manage the reservations and occupations of their bed. It acts as the reference implementation of Vida. Model, View and Controller are explained briefly.


2004-11-16 20:48:18

Important note: Use same versions of Vida and Viddressbook!

As we continuesly develop on the Vida framework we also need to update the demo application Viddressbook...


2004-11-09 12:15:40

Vida 0.5.1 released

Some minor changes and enhancements have let us to release an update of Vida. Read more about the changes...