What is Sketch?

Sketch is a free, open-source, object oriented web application framework for PHP 5 built around the following principles:

• Rapid Application Development (RAD) through:
• The definition of a application singleton which gives access to configuration files, database connections and to the request and session objects.
• A compact Model View Controller (MVC) with no configuration files and SEO friendly.
• Class Scaffolding.
• A layout based templating engine build as an response extension with support for embedded PHP.
• Authentification through session based Access Control Lists (ACL).
• Easy deployment.

• Extensible through:
• DOMDocument based response extensions.
• Server and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) based instance binded form components.
• Access to external resources through the definition of connection drivers.

• More intuitive with browser bookmarks and the reload button by:
• Avoiding duplicate form submitions by using the Post Redirect Get (PRG) pattern.