Feb

14

CodeIgniter 1.7.x, ‘Core’ 2.0, CodeIgniter Reactor, Bitbucket, Zips… It’s all rather messy

It was just a few months ago that the CodeIgniter community began to explode with a torrent of frustration that CodeIgniter simply wasn’t progressing as a framework. There were also a few prominent developers considering abandoning the framework in favour of more active alternatives.

My favourite summary of the whole situation came in the form of a very enlightened article by Michael Wales at the end of November. One of the main problems highlighted there was the way CodeIgniter was put on the back-burner by Ellislab.

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Mar

11

CodeIgniter 2.0 In Progress – The Critical Changes, Implications, and What You Should Know

Well, it’s been a long time coming, but Ellislab have finally done it, they’ve officially let us know about CodeIgniter 2.0. This is a huge step forward and shows that Ellislab are dedicated to this, their only free product.

I get plenty of emails asking me if this version of CodeIgniter would be released, and it’s clear there’s been a huge buzz about this in the wider development community. So, I’m going to take you through the changes and explain what you need to know, and what this means for CodeIgniter as a framework moving forward.

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Mar

09

Kick-Start Your Web Application With These Tools

Building great web applications doesn’t have to be a long and slow process. In fact, people have been practicing ‘rapid development‘ for quite a while. But if you’re looking to get your web application off to a flying start, you really should consider using these great tools. They can help you get a basic shell for you application quickly and efficiently.

This isn’t by any means a complete list, but there might be a few things here that you’ve not used before.

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Oct

25

CodeIgniter 1.7.0 – A Step in the Right Direction

It’s been quite some time since CodeIgniter has seen a major update, and this week we’ve finally got one! I actually got the news via twitter, which shows just how much of a mainstream communication platform it’s becoming!

CodeIgniter 1.7.0 has plenty of new features and bug fixes, but I’m not going to list them all. You can check out the changelog to see them all.

But I would like to point out some of the more interesting updates.

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Jun

15

CodeIgniter – One Heck of a Can Opener

As a huge CodeIgniter enthusiast, I was asked to say a few words about the framework that’s completely changed my development style. And, always wanting to give back to the community, I decided to write a little bit of text explaining exactly why I think CodeIgniter is so good.

There is also an audio version of some of the article to go along with this too.

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May

16

CodeIgniter v1.6.2 Released

From CodeIgniter Official News:

We’re pleased to announce that CodeIgniter version 1.6.2 has been officially released.

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Mar

22

Expression Engine 2.0 Powered by CodeIgniter Coming Soon

At South by Southwest a few weeks ago, Ellislab gave a preview of the new ExpressionEngine 2.0.
The demo shows the beautiful new backend in action, with some top-notch new features (I particularly like the full-screen editing).

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Feb

13

Optimizing and Scaling your CodeIgniter Application – with Benchmarks!

There’s been a few discussions recently about optimizing CodeIgniter applications to make them faster, more reliable, and scalable.

So, let’s look at some methods of doing this, with ‘real’ numbers and benchmarks.

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Jan

31

CodeIgniter 1.6.0 Released

As previously posted, CodeIgniter 1.6.0 has now been released to the public!

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