Is EE right for me?
Development and Programming
I currently have a website that is being built in CI. I only recently started looking into EE.
How flexible is EE in terms of: 1) I need to heavily customize the user registration process. Is it possible for me to register new users programmatically e.g. via the API?
2) The site uses ONE single html page. After that everything (forms, wiki, blog, pages etc) is loaded via iframes or AJAX.
3) How easy will it be to convert my CI code to EE?
So the question is:
Is EE right for me?
Thanks for your time and patience!
Anyone? 😊
Yes. You’ll need a custom module and will probably have to review source code for examples member model usage as it’s not documented
OK. That’s simply a matter of making your other templates output markup in a way that your JS expects
Only you can answer that - we’ve not seen your code! What I can tell you is that all EE template tags are an interface to CodeIgniter libraries (or EE add-ons). The front end of EE only has one controller and that invokes the EE app and passes you to the Templating system. So if your app is full of complex controllers then you’ve got quite a job to migrate it. If your controller structure is simple and your app is mainly libraries or models it will be much simpler to migrate.
Generally, if you need the CMS tools that EE provides and can make the template system work for you, it’s a great tool and can be made to do most things CI does. However, if the requirements of your application do not match the way EE works, then you’ll spend a lot of time fighting it and it may not be right for you.
Only one way to find out, give it a try!
…However, if the requirements of your application do not match the way EE works, then you’ll spend a lot of time fighting it and it may not be right for you…
This is the tricky part. If you’re used to work with CI like I am, you can build anything you want without restrictions.
It depends on the project you’re working on. EE has saved me time on my current, but also lost a lot due to the way certain areas are not customizable.
edit: double post