SilverStripe 3: Roadmap Preview

Flexible ORM Roadmap* 3.0 Roadmap subject to change, dependent on contributions Module Management Vision For SilverStripe 3.0 and beyond Flexible Templating CMS UI Tweaks ... and more? Performance Data Integrity Separate Sapphire from CMS Configuration Incremental improvements, based on real customer feedback. Less central role for page tree in CMS No inline editing (yet) jQuery UI Allowing applications without a page tree But: Framework includes management interfaces Expressive object queries, less SQL CMS components that web developers are familiar with. jQuery.entwine to hold everything together Finally: More than two arguments to your <% if %> block! Help the database help you: Foreign Keys, Constraints Startup time, efficient querying Metadata, dependencies, tools Define the baseline, no web interface (yet) Less statics, more dependency injection. Still performed by developers in code. ModelAdmin features, Permission model, sake tools, installer as generic requirements checker, versioned relationships, static publisher rewrite, device independence, better REST apis, ... Process Agile Transparent Backlog and status on open.silverstripe.org API drafts on mailinglist This is a lot of work, we need your help. silverstripe.org/contribute Collaborative Features, bugfixes, discussions, unit tests, browser tests, ... Allowing for decentralized development through github.com. Sorry: No wireframes, no dates. Sapphire as our operating system: Improve and stabilize the framework Interface refresh instead of revolution Custom interfaces shouldn't be that hard Enable developers to better express data 2007: 2.0, 2.1 2008: 2.2 2009: 2.3 2010: 2.4 2011: 3.0 History Versioned Assets Documents and images will have a workflow closer to pages. Short iterations, measurable goals. Backlog with high value features first. Data Grid Make ComplexTableField et al less ... complex! Social Integration of third-party data sources Timing Alpha mid 2011 Stable end 2011