Grow what you know 2004-09-22T05:09:35Z Paul Kulchenko <p>Most of the good ideas implemented in Blooki have been borrowed from other tools and languages: <strong>simplicity</strong> and <strong>file-based data storage</strong> from <a href="http://blosxom.com/">Blosxom</a>, <strong>hook-based extensible architecture</strong> and <strong>config-driven customization</strong> from <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">Apache</a>, <strong>template engine with custom tags and variables</strong> from <a href="http://perl.com/">Perl</a> itself, <strong>super-easy install</strong> and <strong>several execution options</strong> from <a href="http://instiki.org/">Instiki</a>, <strong>rich object-oriented model</strong> from <a href="http://movabletype.org/">MovableType</a>, <strong>free links</strong> from <a href="http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Free_Links">Wiki</a>, and <strong>site design</strong> from <a href="http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2004/08/27/bleached.html">Stopdesign</a>.</p> <p>Blooki has been design with several goals in mind: simplicity, succinctness, hackability, efficiency, and learnability.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Simplicity</strong> -- Provides small core with powerful, highly orthogonal modules on top of it.</li> <li><strong>Succinctness</strong> -- Gives you ability to solve common problems with little or no coding.</li> <li><strong>Hackability</strong> -- Allows to change (almost) everything, including the syntax.</li> <li><strong>Efficiency</strong> -- Driven by a template engine with multi-level lazy initialization and caching.</li> <li><strong>Learnability</strong> -- Requires very limited time and effort to learn.</li> </ul> http://blooki.org/philosophy.atom/philosophy 2004-09-22T05:09:35Z 2004-09-22T05:09:35Z