> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Butera [mailto:eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:25 AM > To: Bastien Koert > Cc: Terion Miller; PHP General > Subject: Re: Poll of Sorts: Application Frameworks--Zend, Cake > etc > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Bastien Koert <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Terion Miller > >> 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... > >> > > >> > >> 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. > > > > 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 > > 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 see people talk about the same handful of frameworks every time this question comes up. Has anyone used one of the underdog frameworks that are sprouting up at the fringes? PRADO? Yii? Simple PHP Framework? Akelos (Ruby on Rails port)? Seagull? BlueShoes? EvoCore? PHOCOA? Zoop? Stratos? Picora? SOLAR? FLOW3? Maintainable? Adventure-Framework? ...the list goes on. I thought Yii [1] seemed interesting, at the least. 1. http://www.yiiframework.com // Todd
