modx driven apps

Hi,

has anyone built a website with modx that goes beyond a simple content managed site. I am talking full blown web apps.

anyone?

g.

I used MODx as the base for a web-based translation termbase with client access to their own termbases. It involved a module to allow my client to upload either csv or plain-text files with terms in up to four languages into a custom database table. I made it Ajax-driven so it can be edited online (see the demo on my site, http://www.sottwell.com/database-module.html and use the guest login to see the module itself)

For the front end, when a client logs in they are automatically sent to a page (in their selected language) that gives them the option to browse their termbase or search. This is accomplished with a snippet, which pretty much just does an include() of the php files needed to provide the functionality.

This was a fairly simple application. But it demonstrates how you can use the MODx framework to do anything you want. Use modules to add back-end functionality, and snippets and plugins to provide front-end functionality. Or, like NewsManager, you can use the front-end for everything. Personally, I prefer to keep all management stuff in the Manager.

That is absolutely why I adopted MODx. It was, in my mind, the perfect vehicle to integrate custom, database-driven web applications with a logically organized and managed web site that I could allow my clients to update easily. I’ve implemented several full-scale web applications, some from scratch, some converted from other frameworks and toolsets. And all of these experiences are the driving force behind the upcoming transformation of MODx I keep talking about, to make it even more effective than it currently is as an easy-to-use, rapid web application development framework.