[cvs] [Wiki] changed: FAQ/Developer/General

[Ben Klang]

bklang  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:09:13 -0400

Modified page: http://wiki.horde.org/FAQ/Developer/General
New Revision:  1.2
Change log:  clarify

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  +++ What is Horde?
-This question is partially covered in the ((FAQ/User/General|User's  
FAQ)) but it bears some clarification here.  In the largest scope  
Horde is the name of the project that shepherds a number of web  
applications, most famously the core groupware applications such as  
IMP and Kronolith.  From a technical standpoint the released Horde  
packages is made up of two sub-packages: "Horde" and "Framework."  The  
"Horde" subpackage provides the portal view that is seen upon login,  
the administrative screens that configure the installed applications  
and it generally provides the user interface glue between applications  
and the backend libraries and data sources.  The "Framework"  
subpackage is comprised almost entirely of library code.  These  
libraries are shared among all Horde applications and provide many  
functions that are commonly necessary.  Examples of the functionality  
found in framework libraries include caching, user preferences,  
locking, Web-based multi-protocol remote procedure calls (RPC), form  
generation and validation, authentication, etc.  For convenience the  
two sub-packages, Horde and Framework, are bundled together for  
release.  However in CVS they are kept as separate modules.
+This question is partially covered in the ((FAQ/User/General|User's  
FAQ)) but it bears some clarification here.  In the largest scope  
Horde is the name of the project that shepherds a number of web  
applications, most famously the core groupware applications such as  
IMP and Kronolith.  From a technical standpoint the released Horde  
packages is made up of two sub-packages: "Horde" and "Framework."  The  
"Horde" subpackage provides the portal view that is seen upon login,  
the administrative screens that configure the installed applications  
and it generally provides the user interface glue between applications  
and the backend libraries and data sources.  The "Framework"  
subpackage is comprised almost entirely of library code.  These  
libraries are shared among all Horde applications and provide many  
functions that are commonly necessary.  Examples of the functionality  
found in framework libraries include caching, user preferences,  
locking, Web-based multi-protocol remote procedure calls (RPC), form  
generation and validation, authentication, etc.  For convenience the  
two sub-packages, Horde and Framework, are bundled together for  
release as "Horde."  However in CVS they are kept as separate modules.

  +++ What can Horde do for me?
  If you are writing a new web application Horde provides a graphical  
framework for integrating with other applications.  Horde provides  
space in a portal view on login where applications can display summary  
information such as the number of open tickets, unread email, latest  
stock prices and more.  In addition to the portal screens Horde is  
responsible for generating the main navigation menu that unifies all  
installed applications into a browse-able tree.  Finally Horde  
provides the user interface to do most of the system-wide  
configuration your application will need to function after installation.