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

03

ExpressionEngine 2.0 Accepting Developer Preview Applications

Ellislab have just announced that they are now accepting developer preview applications for ExpressionEngine 2.0.

It’s been a long time coming – ExpressionEngine 2.0 was originally anticipated for the Summer 2008. But, as all good developers do, that line has changed to: “When it’s ready”.

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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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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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Apr

17

Ellislab Session at SXSW – Video

If you weren’t lucky enough to get to SXSW this year, don’t worry!

Andru Edwards from GearLive has posted a video of the Ellislab session. The session discusses the migration of ExpressionEngine to CodeIgniter. After the speaches and demonstration there’s a question and answer session which answered a couple of the points I’d been pondering about.

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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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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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