Posted by: Ben Chambers
on Jan 26, 2012
With the release of ClearOS 6 drawing closer, we'd like to update the community on the continued evolution and direction of ClearOS.
ClearOS 6 marks a significant step forward on two fronts to engage developers and ISV's currently outside the ClearOS community to develop on the ClearOS 6 platform:
- the new webconfig framework
- ClearCenter's Marketplace.
Webconfig Framework
The re-factoring of the ClearOS 5 webconfig code to utilize a more modern, secure and extensible PHP/UI framework (CodeIgniter and Jquery/JqueryUI was chosen) will assuredly make new developers to ClearOS feel more 'at home' and be productive faster than learning a completely custom API. In addition, significant resources were allocated towards documenting the development process and creating tools to lower the barrier to entry to new developers and OSS projects/ISVs interested in integrating into ClearOS.
