[TYPO3-dev] Extbase/Fluid Projects?

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 11-9-2010 1:26, Thomas Allmer wrote:
> I'm pretty astonished how much nicer it is to create extensions when
> using extbase + fluid. I wish all extensions where written with it... :p
> Very nice indeed, thx to the extbase and fluid team.
>
> However I'm wondering when searching for extbase extensions you get very
> little results. Are there no extbase extensions available?

On forge.typo3.org you'll find a number of projects for extbase based 
extensions.

A few reasons for the low number of completed extensions are:
- extbase / fluid are pretty new (less than a year ago extbase and fluid 
came bundled with TYPO3)
- extbase is based on FLOW3 which is still alpha software; many 
developers may want a more mature base for their extensions
- extbase/fluid require a completely different method of building an 
extension. It takes time to get used to that. It takes time to know the 
new API.
- judging from the numerous questions and their answers in the 
typo3.projects.typo3v4mvc newsgroup not everything which developers know 
how to do with pi_base based extensions is easily possible with extbase 
and fluid
- documentation and examples are hardly available; recently a German 
book was published and as example there is the blog_example...
- developers have invested time and effort in existing pi_base based 
extensions. Why rewrite it if the existing solution is still working 
fine (and also still works with the still supported TYPO3 version 4.2)?

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Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Jigal van Hemert
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