The objectives of Saltie, general description, a bit of history and where it's going
Who or What is Saltie?
Saltie is a Class Library initially released in Sueetie 2.0. It's a mini-Sueetie framework in a sense, containing a Configuration, Context and other basic Sueetie components that you can tailor for your site needs. It also uses an Event model so that you can write your own custom actions based on triggers, like when a new site member account is created or a blog comment entered.
A Saltie First Look
Here's a look at the Saltie Project Library. You'll notice it contains base Sueetie Framework components like Configuration, Context, Custom Urls support (SaltieUrls), its own data provider, and more. The design intention of the Saltie Class Library is that it contains all of the essentials of the Sueetie Framework, or a framework within a framework. Saltie uses all of the same patterns as Sueetie, so knowledge of the framework (as well as code generation templates) can be leveraged in customizing your community.
The Sueetie Event Model
Sueetie is designed to use Saltie for handling custom events. A basic customization requirement is to add custom properties and actions on the creation of a new user account. Below is Sueetie Event Triggering Code in the User Registration process. Two events are passed to Saltie, one on pre-authorization and a second when the user is authorized, passing the new SueetieUser object for performing custom actions in Saltie.
Here is the simple Sueetie Event Trigger Code.
The SaltieUserEvents class then performs the custom actions. Here is a stripped-down version of that class file.
Enabling Sueetie Events
Sueetie Events are enabled and disabled in the Saltie.Config file located in /util/config along with the rest of the Sueetie Configuration files.
Wiring up Saltie
Adding Saltie to your Sueetie Site is as easy as adding the SQL Connection String to the Sueetie.Config Providers region.
The Future of Saltie
When Sueetie Framework is running .NET 4.0 we may modify or extend the triggering model. What changes will be made at that time will be determined in part by feedback from the Sueetie development community.