Askeet
Encyclopedia
Askeet is an open source
demonstrative project developed using the Symfony
1.0 Framework. The project is free under the MIT license
for download, adaptation, and commercial distribution. To illustrate the agile development of a web 2.0
application using Symfony
, Askeet was initially developed over a 24-day tutorial series called the "Symfony advent calendar" in December 2005.
The Askeet project was modeled after an online knowledge market
where visitors can post a questions about any subject and answer any existing question. Questions and answers can be rated, so that the site displays the most interesting questions and the most useful answers first. The whole site is powered by AJAX
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Since Askeet.com is a demo site for the framework, its database is reset nightly.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
demonstrative project developed using the Symfony
Symfony
Symfony is a web application framework written in PHP which follows the model-view-controller paradigm. Released under the MIT license, Symfony is free software...
1.0 Framework. The project is free under the MIT license
MIT License
The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms...
for download, adaptation, and commercial distribution. To illustrate the agile development of a web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
application using Symfony
Symfony
Symfony is a web application framework written in PHP which follows the model-view-controller paradigm. Released under the MIT license, Symfony is free software...
, Askeet was initially developed over a 24-day tutorial series called the "Symfony advent calendar" in December 2005.
The Askeet project was modeled after an online knowledge market
Knowledge market
A knowledge market is a mechanism for distributing knowledge resources. There are two views on knowledge and how knowledge markets can function. One view uses a legal construct of intellectual property to make knowledge a typical scarce resource, so the traditional commodity market mechanism can be...
where visitors can post a questions about any subject and answer any existing question. Questions and answers can be rated, so that the site displays the most interesting questions and the most useful answers first. The whole site is powered by AJAX
Ajax (programming)
Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications...
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Since Askeet.com is a demo site for the framework, its database is reset nightly.