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System commands vs. native PHP-functions, Part II. (xoda-0.4.3)

XODA-0.4.1 was released after rewriting some system functions using native PHP-code. Benchmarking some native PHP-functions against their system counterparts showed that the native ones work faster. This gave me the motivation to do the (at least partial) switch.

Now I was thinking about going on and rewriting the xd_search function and getting rid of the execs there. Before doing that, I decided to do another benchmark of several native PHP-approaches for recursive directory listing (found mostly on php.net/scandir) against the Linux/UNIX `find`. The results were interesting.

Written by betso on 02/24/2012, 12:00am in "About". | Comments: 0

System commands vs. native PHP-functions (xoda-0.4.1)

It's been always a pleasure for me using the CLI. And I deeply respect the power it is hidden behind the "prompt". Having that in mind, I didn't bother a lot using native PHP-functions while writing XODA. I was never worried about portability (it should work on the BSD's and that's all I carry about) and thought always that this would be not only the most easier and simple way to code but would get also the fastest results. Well... I was wrong.
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Written by betso on 02/10/2012, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 0

XODA-0.4.0 is out!

After our forum was launched, we received great feedback with bug reports and excellent suggestions. I always tried to explain how difficult it is for me to find time for development. Thankfully most of you had understanding with this and kept waiting patiently for the next release. Well... here it is: XODA-0.4.0 is out!

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Written by betso on 02/03/2012, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 0

Using Lightbox2 with XODA

Recently Anthony suggested using Lightbox2 instead of iBox for image viewing which would add automatically a slideshow to the stored images in XODA. Lightbox2 is a widespread JavaScript *box using prototype and scriptaculo.us. It is increadibly stable (last change was 2008!) and works out of the "box" :).

I just wrote a tutorial how to use Lightbox2 with XODA. Take a look at it at XODA.talks and let me know should you have any problems with it.

Enjoy! :)

Written by betso on 02/15/2011, 12:00am in "About". | Comments: 2

Award Winning! :)

Today DreamHost published the results of their Web App Contest.

I am really happy to announce that XODA is among the 3rd place winners!

The big "thank you" goes to all of you, who tested XODA, gave the feedback, rated it and send valuable opinions and even code to improve this project!

Thank you! :)

Written by betso on 02/01/2011, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 0

XODA talks (forum)

After a discussion with people who keep giving their valuable opinion about the development of XODA, and of course after checking with François, I set up a forum - XODA talks.

Please feel free to register (or use your Google ID/OpenID). I know that registering for yet another website/forum/service became increasingly annoying. But I could not find any better solution for the need for discussion about XODA. The best thing I could do, was to enable the plugins for logging in with the Google or OpenID account data.

Even if you would decide to register, I promise that I would not sell your email address! :)

This forum should become the place for feature requests, bug reports but also discussions about code implementations and general future questions about XODA. You are most welcome to participate! :)

Update (02/01/2011): XODA talks is run by Vanilla Forums. I was sorry to see that Vanilla was not among the winners of the DreamHost Web App Contest even though it participated and I rated it with 5 stars for the great work done.

Written by betso on 01/31/2011, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 2

New developer

The whole buzz around the DreamHost Web App contest led to a lot of bug fixes and implementations of requested features. I received great ideas and very valuable tips which improved the overall quality of XODA in my humble opinion. The frequent releases attracted the attention of professionals also.

François Harvey is a security expert in a Canadian company. I was really excited when he offered support for XODA. He joined the XODA team (containing until then just me :) which makes this project multinational. :)

François started doing things I never managed to understand. This is why now XODA has a public repository with version control. And while I try to learn how to use those things, he already updated the bleeding edge version with the new security fixes, which were just released in 0.2.2, but posted also new ideas.

Welcome, François! :)

Written by betso on 01/28/2011, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 0

XODA as One-Click Install on DreamHost

XODA made it to the apps contest of DreamHost! :)

Here is the list with the apps chosen to participate.

I received also the first feedback and updated a new version (0.1.2) with the minor bugfix.

Update (01/07/2011): A feature request (sorting filters alphabetically) has been implemented and released (0.1.3).

Update (01/08/2011): The "install in root directories" bug was fixed (0.1.4).

Update (01/09/2011): Improved portability of PHP, allowing usage on servers with more restrictive configurations. (0.1.5).

Major Update (01/21/2011): Search options and web based control of the timezone were added. External icons are now supported. Some bugs were fixed. (0.2.0). Thanks to Jason for the ideas! :)

Update (01/22/2011): A small bug regarding short open tags was fixed. (0.2.1). Thanks to Anthony for pointing this out! :)

Update (01/26/2011): Portability was improved. Some potential security flaws were fixed. Force download was added. (0.2.2). Thanks to Anthony and François for the help! :)

Should you have a DreamHost account, please login, (One-Click) Install XODA and give me some feedback. Don't forget to rate it!

Thanks to everyone who is testing XODA and have fun! :)

Written by betso on 01/05/2011, 12:00am in "News". | Comments: 0

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