NIXP.RU v3.0 Beta - a portal for UNIX / Linux / FLOSS enthusiasts

    We finally did it! Probably, many enthusiasts from the field of UNIX-, GNU / Linux-systems and Open Source know the good old resource nixp.ru , launched back in 2002 (and on a third-level domain - even in 2001). For a long time it was not really updated, but a couple of years ago we got together, rethought everything and took up the leisurely development. Today we come to the first public milestone, which was called “v3.0 Beta” in our timeline. From our press release :





    “The new version of NIXP.RU - v3.0 - not only expanded the functionality of the site and brought a new look, but was also created with the idea of ​​changing the very paradigm of the resource, turning it into a socially-oriented portal. Such innovations introduced at NIXP.RU as comments, tags and polls for all available objects (news, articles, recipes, programs, links) are designed to promote the development and rallying of the Russian-speaking Open Source community. When preparing the new design of NIXP.RU, the concept of “strict Web 2.0” was applied, the main idea of ​​which is a combination of the classic design of information publications and modern trends of social web resources. ”


    Briefly about the technologies used: symfony , Prototype, PHPUnit + Selenium. More details - here. In addition, I used my favorite Perl to convert heaps of old data from old nixp.ru stored in plain text :-)

    PS And yes, we also shot something like a documentary clip about the development process before opening the site . It showed everyone who worked on the project: vimeo.com/9110380

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