Farcry 5 just keeps getting better…

Posted on July 8, 2008
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Farcry has been going for quite a long time now. It’s a huge credit Geoff and the guys at Daemon that they have not only maintained but continually improved upon the Farcry framework for so many years.

Version 5 has just been released (I have been using Farcry for various projects since v2 - I think - if memory serves correctly!) and while I hadn’t really played with Farcry since v3, I’ve recently installed v4 and was pretty impressed with the improvements. V5 seems like another solid step forward yet again, particularly on the UI front.

One of the things I like the most about v4 is the reworking of the architecture - plugins and the like make the learning curve far less challenging for newcomers. The extensibility lends itself naturally to community contributed plugins and even “core” like objects such as dmNews, dmEvent etc are setup as plugins and makes more sense to me than the previous architecture.

I haven’t had a chance to play with the new Formtools yet, but I am looking forward to dabbling a bit more as time permits. Farcry really is one of the most powerful and (IMO) under-rated opensource CF projects out there. The simplicity is right up front, but the power that can be leveraged through the framework is very impressive - even more so in the latest two releases.

Oh and to celebrate the v5 release, the Daemon guys have relaunched the website!

If you haven’t played with Farcry yet, go check it out - it’s more than just a CMS now - it really is a very powerful web application framework.

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    Formtools is the coolest thing about FarCry - it takes custom types administration to a whole new level. You should definitely find a spare hour or two to check them out, build some custom types and apply the formtools metadata to the properties, then in COAPI manager hit deploy and scaffold… it will blow your mind :)

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