+1 Big props to everyone involved in CakePHP, either behind the scenes, on the mailing lists or in the (hate to say the word) blogsphere.
On Jan 15, 12:07 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wanted to post a thank you to the Cake team for being such > brilliant people. > Also a big thanks to everyone in the community helping everyone in > their own ways. > > Note: Sorry, I think this turned into one of these Cake vs Rails > posts. > > I ran across Rails in the early fall of 2005. Thought the concept was > great but could not justify jumping onboard with the poor hosting > support at the time. Found CakePHP a few months later and have been > using it on an off ever since. From time to time I have been tempted > to take another peak at Rails. They do have a lot of strong hype, > after all. > > So, recently I had a reason to do some more serious revision. A new > project, in-house hosting, possibly a lot of traffic one day. I spent > a few days looking into Rails again. I was totally ready to make the > jump, Ruby-books in-hand. CakePHP once again came out on-top, v1.2 had > a lot to do with it but the community and documentation played a big > role. > > * Cake has great documentation - I see a lot of complaints but I have > taken a look at the Rails API-docs, IMHO horrible by comparison. The > docs can me improved and more complete but they are not that bad when > you consider the next point on my list: > * Cake has a great community - So does Rails but for Cake I see more > snippets and focused, relevant tutorials. Most of the questions I get > in my head already have answers (here, in a blog, the bakery or the > forge). > * Cake has not yet taken any backward steps - To me some changes in > Rails versions are steps backward. E.g. the way scaffolding has > changed. Cake has yet to disappoint me in a feature-change. > > Rails has a lot in its favor. But for me the docs and the community > surrounding CakePHP reassures me. I am of-course not impartial by any > stretch of the imagination. But I still thought I would share my > opinions. > > cheers ! > > And, if you are wondering about the title: You haven't forgot this > (very old) internet classic have you?http://www.ikissyou.org/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
