Re: Re: php framework vs just php?

""Daniel Brown"" <parasane@gmail.com> wrote in message news:ab5568160804220824u70842b22ke50cded4cbb13cdf@mail.gmail.com... > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Tony Marston > <tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk> wrote: > [snip!] >> >> The real measure of a good framework is the length of time it takes to >> create a new database table, then write the components to maintain the >> contents of that table. I can do this in 5 minutes without having to >> write a >> single line of PHP, HTML or SQL. If you can't match this then you're not >> in >> the same league. > > I had never heard this before. Silly me.... I thought the "real > measure of a good framework" was how much of the monotony of coding > was removed, how many problems solved, et cetera. > > So I guess the BASh script I just whipped up a few seconds ago > could be classified as a good framework. Since it's less than 40 > lines, and doesn't require me to write any PHP, HTML, or SQL, I meet > the requirements. Unless you are creating a PHP component which uses HTML forms to allow the user to communicate with a relational database then no, it does not qualify. -- Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net http://www.radicore.org > Once again, it's semantics. Everyone is saying the same thing, > just not using the same terminology. > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > Dedicated Servers - Intel 2.4GHz w/2TB bandwidth/mo. starting at just > $59.99/mo. with no contract! > Dedicated servers, VPS, and hosting from $2.50/mo.