1. Formerly WISP Framework Joe Chrzanowski WAX FRAMEWORK

2. Why the Name Change? WISP: Websites with Integrated Scripts and PHP Original project was very different WaX: Websites and x Denoting that the framework is designed to create websites using any technology Aims for increased interoperability between PHP and JS through the use of PHP’s DOM manipulation functions

3. New Core Modified Codebase More hierarchical layout of classes WaxControl  Represents an XML tag in a WaxML document  For defining logic classes vs. render classes WaxWebControl  Lets you create a tag that processes information and creates rendered output  Utilizes PHP’s DOM manipulation functions for producing output rather than stringing together text  Easier to interact with JavaScript when the bindings have been developed

4. Challenges / Goals Interacting smoothly with SDO Better themeing PHP bindings to JavaScript Calling PHP from JavaScript via AJAX The Wax Registry Centralize configuration for easy administration Building a specialized cache for increased performance Unit Testing CSS Aggregator for dynamic values (ie: color, font)