A small project is the perfect place to learn a new tool. There is less to learn with a small project, so it works as a good introductory project. Sure you could do it faster with a finished project, but that's not the point :) I started learning cake by building a monster app, and I wished way back then that I had learned more about it earlier.
-Mark On Dec 18, 1:39 pm, pg <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for all the input. I think Gonzalo understood me best. > > I already have a really simple blog I can use with my clients but I > want to learn about cakePHP so thought I could try doing the same > thing using cakePHP. My concern was as to whether CakePHP is > appropriate for such a simple project. > > So, I suppose the question could be rephrased: "If WordPress and the > other pre-built blogs didn't exist, would you use CakePHP to build > your own VERY simple blog or would you just do it from scratch without > the framework?" > > TIA > > On Dec 18, 1:21 pm, "Gonzalo Servat" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM, thatsgreat2345 > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Don't reinvent the wheel, just use wordpress, or joomla or some other > > > CMS / Blogging that is already made. > > > Keep in mind the original poster said he/she is interested in learning > > CakePHP. The OP also asked: > > > my question is will CakePHP make this type of task > > > > easier if I spend the time now learning it on this project? Or are teh > > > benefits really for larger-scale projects? > > > I think a blog is probably a good way to start learning CakePHP. You will > > see the true potential and benefits of the framework when working on large > > scale projects, but you have to start somewhere. Since you have to do the > > blog for someone anyway, you may as well do it with CakePHP as it's a good > > excuse to start looking at the framework which will surely sell itself and > > ensure you will keep it in mind for future projects. > > > Good luck! > > - Gonzalo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
