Started working on patPortal :: a programmer's best friend

Due to popular demand, we started working on patPortal, again.
patPortal is (or better will be) a framework that helps you creating websites. It will be based on patConfiguration, patTemplate, patForms and tons of PEAR packages.
Some first steps of the component-based project are availalable in CVS, but you should not expect too much from it until now, I just devoted two evenings to the project.
I'll be mostly working on the general architecture that will manage data-interchange between the compontents using events and on a plugin system whereas Sebastian will focus on some components that you may actually use in your site, like views on database content, auto-generated navigations, etc.
The framwork will not only aid you in the creation of web-applications, but also in any other field, where you may use PHP, as the request will be encapsulated in objects.

If you decide to try the current CVS snapshot (which is not recommended, yet), make sure that you've got the latest versions of patTemplate and patConfiguration (from snaps.php-tools.net) installed.