Re: Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, Cake etc

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Bastien Koert <phpster@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Terion Miller <webdev.terion@gmail.com > > > >> wrote: > >> > Hey Everyone, I am wondering if using a framework such as one of these > >> > may > >> > make my life easier, which do any of you use and what has been your > >> > experience with the learning curve of them? > >> > I just put Cake on my local server, basically I want to know which is > >> > easiest? LOL... > >> > Terion > >> > > >> > >> Define easiest. What is it that you need to code? If you mean cookie > >> cutter sites that have been done a million times with minimal > >> flexibility... :) I'm in the same boat as you though. I don't know > >> which one meets the needs I have the best. There's stuff like cake > >> which is really easy to start up, then there's stuff like symphony > >> that will let you do anything, but you really have to work at it. > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > There are definite learning curves when picking these up. > > > > symfony and ZF have the largest because they either do more (symfony) or > are > > designed to be used piecemeal (ZF) > > > > CodeIgnitor is one of the easiest ones to start using with Cake not far > > behind > > > > -- > > > > Bastien > > > > Cat, the other other white meat > > > > One huge part of this that I didn't mention before is the community > around the frameworks too. Do they have good docs, examples, stuff > like that. Can you ask questions and get quality answers? i also take performance into consideration. heres a comparison between some of the aforementioned frameworks, http://www.avnetlabs.com/php/php-framework-comparison-benchmarks -nathan