This release offers new functionality with an improved database abstraction layer, the basics of e-commerce support, versionable customer objects, and validation classes. It also includes an easier method to install the framework, as well as many bugfixes.
The database model was totally rewritten to be
very easy to use and very fast. A
model-view-controller layout is used to be more
user friendly and faster. The focus has shifted to
be an e-commerce framework. Lots of new
documentation was added in the Wiki. A new bug
database with Mantis is used. The first piece of
software, Artisan Blog, has been written with it.
