In my opinion, CakePHP isn't recommended for those touching on PHP for the first time. It's always good to go through the basics of PHP before moving on to frameworks.
However, I believe that's not your case. I have been developing PHP applications for more than a year and I have been using Notepad2 to develop it. Seriously, any editor is pretty fine to develop it. Just be comfortable with the editor you are using. I'm using PDT Eclipse. As for frameworks, depending on the size of your application, you might need one. Oh trust me on this. Large application gets really really hard to maintain without a good framework. In addition the that, there is a tendency of repeating the codes here and there. It's also quite hard, if not very hard, to delegate workload among team members. Example: The Programmer is often also the designer because the presentation logic is not seperated from the application logic. As to what situation is good for which, when you are dealing with large application or it involves teamwork, use CakePHP. When it comes to really really really small application like email_form.php, just use a single php file to accomplish it. No need for a framework or anything complex. Though there's nothing stopping if you really want to use a framework for a small function. I hope that answers your question? Since you are dealing with CMS, which can be big, a framework like CakePHP is good! So why not? Ready to be a baker? On Jan 8, 2:00 pm, sukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am developing some applications using php. I develop application > using quanta plustphp editor , that comes free with linux. I want to > know should i start using cakephp? what advantage will i get using > this? weather CMS's are used for developing php application. Please > advice me optimum method to be used for developing php applications > Thanx in advance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
