[TYPO3-mvc] Which version for extbase-newbie

[Michael Janssen]

Hi,

thankyou Bastian and Steffen for your opions and advices.

Now i'm working with TYPO3 4.4.x, extbase 1.2 and the kickstarter.

And the work with the templates in fluid is really really nice.

Wishes,

Michael Janssen


Am 24.11.2010 23:32, schrieb Bastian Waidelich:
> Michael Janssen wrote:
>
> Hi Micheal,
>
>> i will start programming with extbase, but I'm not sure, which version i
>> should use.
>
> Great, welcome in the club ;)
> As with every software you should try to avoid beta (or alpha) versions
> in productive environments. And especially if you're not familiar with a
> product you should rely on stable releases.
>
>
>> How i read, the 1.2 shipped with TYPO3 4.4.x is really different
>> from the 1.3.
>
> That's not true. Extbase 1.3 will be mostly backwards compatible.
> Currently we're in the first Beta and there are some inconsistencies and
> breaking changes. We're working on reducing them.
> Nevertheless, there are some changes that might break existing code, see
> [1].
> If you follow the best practices and respect the public API [2] you most
> probably won't have any problems upgrading to 1.3.
> The stable release is planned on 26th January, together with the release
> of TYPO3 4.5.
>
> So, my suggestion would be:
> Start with the last stable release. When you earned some experience and
> got a first version running, try an Extbase & Fluid update and see,
> whether everything still works. And if that's not the case, feel free to
> ask here.
>
> Good luck and have fun ;)
> Bastian
>
> [1] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-mvc/wiki/Breaking_Changes
> [2] http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-mvc/wiki/Public_API