Introduction
There are many types of frameworks or libraries. SOS is an Application Framework for building ColdFusion web sites and supporting services to non-browser devices.
Here is a list of unique objectives in SOS.
- Social Software (Made for sharing and reuse between other developers/designers)
- User Interface Standards and Flexability ( including skinning )
- Permissions Management ( powerful, simple and prebuilt API )
- Distributed Application Design ( part of the system )
- Methodology Support ( allow different styles of coding apps for each Application )
- Best Practices Oriented but non-enterprise ready
- Search Engine Ready
Perspective
We all have different personalities and different needs. The following section will deal with the what and why of SOS from different views.