/woof

Primary LanguageTcl

Version 0.5b4 of Woof! has been released. Primary difference from 0.5b3 are bug fixes, particularly one that caused SSL connections to fail in some configurations.

What is Woof!

Woof! - Web Oriented Object Framework - is an open-source, platform and server-independent, web application framework written in the Tcl programming language. It is intended to be easy to install and deploy, simple to understand and customize, and embedable into other applications.

  • Platform independent (requires Tcl 8.6)
  • Web server agnostic with CGI, SCGI support and API's for writing adapters for other interfaces
  • Configurable page layouts
  • Templates with inheritance
  • Plug-in template engines
  • Support for responsive web design
  • Pure CSS controls
  • Built-in query, session and cookie handling
  • Flexible routing with matching URL generation
  • Localization support
  • Scaffolding tool for method and template generation
  • Built-in web server for development
  • Interactive debugging console
  • Documentation generator
  • Comprehensive documentation

Files

The download area is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/woof/files/

bowwow-VERSION.exe is a single file Windows executable with Woof, Tcl and a web server built in and no external dependencies. Just download and run.

woof-VERSION.zip and woof-VERSION.tar.gz are source distributions for use with other web servers.

woof-VERSION-prerequisites.zip contains some Tcl packages that are needed by Woof! and bundled together for convenience. Many Tcl installations will already have these in place.

Requirements

See http://woof.sourceforge.net/woof-ug/_woof/docs/ug/system_requirements. Woof! has been tested with IIS on Windows, Apache on Debian Wheezy and Lighttpd on Ubuntu.

Release Notes

This is the fourth public release of Woof! and is intended to allow people to try out Woof! and provide early feedback. The API is stabilizing but still subject to change.

Unfortunately, Woof 0.5 has some incompatibilities with previous versions. The page layout system in particular has been changed due to the underlying YUI CSS libraries no longer being developed by Yahoo.

Installation

See http://woof.sourceforge.net/woof-ug/_woof/docs/ug/installation for install instructions. Upgrades are not yet supported.

Getting started

See the Woof! Quick Start Guide at http://woof.sourceforge.net/woof-ug/_woof/docs/ug/quick_start.

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