[TYPO3-dev] OT: Re: PHP requirement

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On May 11, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Steffen Müller wrote:

> Hi.
>
> On 11.05.2009 17:01 Martin Kutschker wrote:
>> I expect that PHP 5.3 is out in the near future. And I regard as
>> some-way in-between extension as ExtBase turned out to be not so
>> important. Especially as FLOW3 is still changing and ExtBase is  
>> just a
>> snapshot that won't even be updated.
>>
>
> More important than having an up-to-date backport of FLOW3 code is the
> possibility to learn new programming patterns with TYPO3 4.x (like  
> MVC,
> but also factory, strategy, dependency injection, etc.). Existing  
> TYPO3
> v.4 programmers

One a side note... will there be a kickstarter developed for this?

>
> The more I think about extbase and the transition, I realize the
> importance of extbase as a knowledge bridge. In contrast to TYPO3 >=  
> 4.2
> design patterns seem to be very important in FLOW3. And I guess there
> are a lot of programmers which are new to those pattern. So extbase  
> is a
> great step to start learning the "art of programming" which is used  
> for
> FLOW3.
> For me, extbase is a knowledge bridge, inspiring people to learn.

"art of programming", also... beauty is in the eye of the  
beholder.... ;)

Ries