PHPDevShell

[eluser]Luis ACE[/eluser]
Hi Everyone,

I came across PHPDevShell few days ago. Apparently its a highly modular plugin based Code Management System and Framework (according to the website). To be honest, it looks like a fancy admin panel to me ;-P

I played around with it and there are some nice features like cronjob management. The whole point of this topic is I have been assigned for a project. There are a few features that the client wants that PHPDevShell provides.

My question is has anyone replicated PHPDevShell (or some features of PHPDevShell) in codeigniter? Most likely I will land up with two options, I have to code from scratch or stripping out PHPDevShell code.

For those who are interested in PHPDevShell, there is a demo on the website or you can download a copy. http://www.phpdevshell.org

[eluser]cideveloper[/eluser]
Not a good sign when the demo site runs so slow. Sparks works as a good package management system for CI. a3m is pretty good if you want something rolled out already. I prefer to design individual applications and use specific libraries when needed.

[eluser]Luis ACE[/eluser]
Thanks cideveloper for you suggestions. I'll have a look at them.

[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
Hi Luis Ace,

The server at the time of testing the demo was overloaded it seems. PHPDevShell is actually a very lightweight PHP Framework with a ready made UI. I suggest you check out the demo again at http://demo.phpdevshell.org. Although PHPDevShell is a complete framework, you can use CodeIgniter in it if you think it is needed, but that kinda defeats the purpose.

If you are already using Codeigniter with your project, don't change (use sparks as suggested), Codeigniter is very good anyways. However, as always and as with all frameworks, PHPDevShell might offer something better in certain situations as PHPDevShell is focused on smaller development teams.

Regards,
Jason