Zend Framework: Zend_Ria_Appcelerator Component Proposal

Table of Contents

1. Overview

Zend_Ria_Appcelerator is purely a demonstration application that illustrates the integration between Appcelerator's RIA platform and the Zend Framework. It does not include a complete copy of the Appcelerator Platform, just the parts necessary for Zend, PHP, and the demo application.

2. References

• Appcelerator Project Website
• Appcelerator Documentation

3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria

• This demo will show developers how to build an RIA using Appcelerator for the UI and ZendFramework and PHP for the serverside.
• This demo will illustrate building a standalone rich web-client that communicates with PHP purely through JSON services
• This demo will not inlcude the entire Appcelerator Platform (which includes Java, .Net, Ruby, Eclipse, ...)

4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components

• TBD

5. Theory of Operation

The rich web client will provide a rich web interface to twitter that looks more like a desktop application.

6. Milestones / Tasks

This is a fairly light effort and the entire demo application along with documentation is being delivered as a single milestone.

7. Class Index

• TBD

8. Use Cases

UC-01	Configure Client

User will provide his/her user-id and select any available preferences

User will provide password associated with user-id for twitter.com authentication

Post-authentication, user will submit 140 maximum character message to be posted to the tweet cloud

Post-authentication, user will request/receive any new tweets from their twitter friends list

9. Class Skeletons