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UID	github.com/firephp/firephp/			Stream	1	Author	cadorn
Namespace	github.com/firephp	Name	firephp	Version	1.0.0b1rc6	Date	1321310596

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There are two primary APIs available in FirePHP 1.0. The traditional FirePHP API and the all new Insight API.

The same FirePHP API has been around since the beginning (2007) and has established a debugging API modeled after the Firebug Console API which had been used to send messages to the Firebug Console.

The Insight API has evolved from the FirePHP API to be a permanent (leave logging calls in place) and extensible approach to collecting data from an application. Insight API calls can be intertwined with application logic to capture precisely the information that is desired.

Using the Insight API is recommended in all cases. The FirePHP API should only be used for ad-hock debug logging where statements will be removed again later.

FirePHP API

The FirePHP API is very simple (and thus limited) in that every API call to a logging method immediately causes the logged data to be sent to the client.

Example:

$firephp = FirePHP::getInstance(true);
$firephp->log($var, 'Label');

// or

FB::log($var, 'Label');

See FirePHP API for complete reference.

Insight API

The Insight API is a chained API that allows for creating and manipulating multiple contexts (read channels) and then sending messages to these. Most importantly it is flexible enough to allow application internal architecture and event flows to be reflected in the context attached to messages and displayed using custom renderers on the client.

Customizable client renderers are coming soon.

Example:

$inspector = FirePHP::to('page');
$console = $inspector->console();

$console->label('Label')->log($var);

$group = $console->group('events', 'Events');
$group->label('Label')->log($var);

See Insight API for complete reference.

The Insight API is not supported by the FirePHP Firefox Extension.

Sourcemint by Christoph Dorn. Copyright 2011 Christoph Dorn. All rights reserved.

Homepage: Sourcemint.com

Status

Sourcemint is incomplete ALPHA technology and continuously evolving in sync with underlying and related projects. Production ready aspects will be documented and made available in time. Your Feedback is welcome and appreciated!

Who

Sourcemint is one of the results of intense focus by Christoph Dorn over the past several years and continuous exploration throughout Christoph's interest in software development over the past 15+ years.

Sourcemint is the love child of one person guided by the voices of passionate developers at the top of their game who are leading the industry into a new era of software development.

What

Sourcemint is an integral part of Christoph's work intended to realize his dream of one global toolchain under which components may be arbitrarily combined into maintainable mission critical systems by providing an all-encompassing and organized package repository from which consistent and autonomic systems may be built.

Sourcemint provides an automated software building and integration service as well as an intelligent software delivery network to distribute built software to all deployed systems and Internet users.

This means an arbitrary (code, configuration, network, ...) change may be made to a software system which can then be automatically built, tested, distributed and deployed. Every change constitutes a completely new system made possible by the fact that changes, any changes, are cheap and fully tested in every way before going live.

Just imagine what this means in your daily work.

Why

Automated software builds, continuous integration processes, streamlined issue trackers, community supported software, source control, online collaboration and automated cloud deployment have wet our appetite but hardly scratch the surface of what it actually means to have a completely automated production cycle from idea to delivery. The full potential is only realized once these separate solutions addressing different areas work together harmoniously.

What has been missing is new ways of looking at how to build software.

How

Christoph's work provides a new way to build software that is not necessarily new in the sense of ideas or technology but rather arrangement and timing. Christoph has through exploration and experimentation distilled current cutting edge technology, knowledge and wisdom into a toolchain platform called PINF available open source under the MIT license to realize a new breed of software.

Imagine software and systems that just work and are a pleasure to maintain.

Sourcemint is built entirely on PINF, as is all of Christoph's work, and can be used by any developer to tap into the power of the PINF approach to build open source or commercial libraries, frameworks, applications, systems and services.

Christoph's hope is that PINF and related projects will provide a foundation for developers to cooperate more widely and experiment with new ideas by eliminating some of the major constraints imposed by traditional toolchains. Traditional toolchains create systems that typically rot because they are practically impossible to refactor. We need a toolchain such as PINF which has refactorability designed into its core.

Let's create software that breathes with life and is in large part self-sustaining!

You

Join Christoph in his mission to help you, the developer, and help yourself by broadly applying the tools and approaches you know work to all of your work. Lean on PINF, your mind is begging you. Learn it, teach others, and let your inspiration soar!

Follow Sourcemint and PINF on twitter to watch for news of cutting-edge tools, tutorials and services coming online. You can also follow Christoph's work directly.