Re: [kDev] Why KendraBase?... (was: The idea could be good...)

[Phillip Temple <ptemple@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 09:55, Arup Bhanja wrote:
> Nice. How about putting the amazon webservices in the site so a user can
> search and see items and buy from there?
> 
> Looks like we need more XML into this stuff rather than just plain old
> "select * from yadayada daba doo" :-)

Building XML-backed sites is incredibly easy if you use:
http://xml.progressivepublishing.com/

I incorporated XML into PHP so that it's like a native data-type
(written in C so you'll need to compile it in). In a few hours I'd used
it to write a XML based repository that managed a server (virtual
hosting, DNS, etc) using a simple tree-based web front-end.

The next step I was going to take is to provide a single command to
"save" a XML file to a relational database. Behind the scenes my
software would automatically created any tables it needs, including the
keys and the indexing. I'm amazed that no-one has done it before
(instead of the usual class that maps a XML one-for-one onto a
pre-created table). I also have the design for an ultra-efficient
templating system (far in advance of the ones I use like phemplate and
FastTemplate).

It's one of those things that would revolutionise web development if I
ever had time to do it. Sadly my current job sucks out every hour of the
day I have.

Phillip.