5.0 Team

The 5.0 development team has mostly pondered about architectural and organisational stuff the last weeks. One of the results is the even clearer distinction between the new framework and the CMS. The TYPO3 Framework has been the part they put most work into in the past. It is the base for all further development around the 5.0 project [7], i.e. the CMS, the Content Repository and later on extension development. But the framework can also be used for development of standalone applications and offers an unmatched combination of possibilities and tools compared to other PHP frameworks. If you do clean coding, such standalone applications can later be integrated into the TYPO3 CMS without too much effort.

The TYPO3 CMS will be developed based on the TYPO3 Framework, the new TypoScript package and the TYPO3 Content Repository. Developers should keep in mind though, that the CMS will ship a while after the framework. Therefore it doesn't make sense (yet) to wait for TYPO3 5.0 with new projects: standard content will be easy to migrate and code will have to be adapted in any case. Code clean and you'll be better off when it comes to that.

We are sure the Framework as well as the CMS will be highly anticipated, this has been shown by the response of the audience at this year's TYPO3 Conference in Karlsruhe: All presentations about 5.0 related topics were packed and conversations throughout the conference show a great deal of interest in the concepts as well as the progress.

Information path

It is very clear to us that the current two way path might inflict some arousal to both TYPO3 developers and companies. Organisations using TYPO3 in daily life will also have uncertainties about the consequences of the new architecture for upgrading, maintenance and future investments. To tackle this the Association will start informing about these kind off issues.

As a start next year with the launch of the new typo3.org, the T3A will publish a Q&A section that will tackle the most important questions about both development and migration issues, both technical and more marketing related. Later on the year we will create the first press and marketing kits. In that aspect you're already welcome to send in your questions to us so we can start the work. Please keep in mind that we won't send you an answer, we'll use it for the Q&A section. Best is to keep following the news on all our websites!