Porcupine 0.1

Porcupine is a web application server that provides an object oriented framework for developing web applications rapidly.

Many of the tasks required for building web applications as you know them, are either eliminated or simplified. For instance, when developing a Porcupine application you dont have to design a relational database. You only have to design and implement your business objects as classes, using the building blocks provided by the framework (datatypes). Porcupine integrates a native object database, no mapping required.

Another tedious task for web applications is the interface design, and the constraints imposed by HTML. QuiX, the servers integrated XUL motor, simplifies the interface design process. All you have to do is describe your applications interface in XML and write the appropriate event handlers. You dont have to waste time and money on widget implementations. QuiX comes with a variety of ready to use widgets, accelerating the development process.

Generally, every Porcupine application consists of three distinct layers. The first is the business layer consisting of the business objects which encapsulate the business logic.
The second layer binds the HTTP protocol with the first layers business objects. This layer is implemented using Python Server Pages or Servlets. If using XML-RPC, one common approach is to directly map an XML-RPC method to a business objects method.
The third layer, the presentation layer, usually consists of XML UI definitions and JavaScript event handlers.

The first two layers are executed server side and the third layer is executed on the client (browser).