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paragon what is paragon? Paragon is a powerful, robust and flexible fast application development framework.
Designed and developed by rhombus solutions, Paragon is written in PHP and open-sourced under the
LGPL
licence.
what does paragon do?
Paragon contains a structured library of extensible components used for modelling real world objects and
processes.
It is a true 3-tier system defining an abstraction between the presentation, business logic
and data access layers. It provides a set of extensible API's for modelling custom business
logic and employs a simplified Model-View-Controller design paradigm.
what is paragon useful for?
Paragon has been specifically designed to provide developers with an extensible framework of
components from which custom data-driven web applications can be rapidly developed.
The typical applications that Paragon can be used to create are:
user management with subscription
content management systems
product catalogue/shopping cart
threaded multi-view bulletin board systems
intranet systems
extranets systems
customer relations management systems
How can I get a copy of paragon?
You can get a copy of Paragon at the following web addresses
