On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Ralf Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. What are the general pros and cons to choose ZF for your projects? > I would say this has to do with (2) as well, but here are some business wise reasons: - Pros: * Very active community. If I hit a show stopper, the community has an amazingly skilled and committed people who wouldn't miss a chance to tackle hard issues, or quickly respond to bugs found in the framework! * By Zend, it is easier to convince clients. - Cons: No Zend_Magic yet :/ Seriously though :), one of the things I see missing from the ZF message, is Performance. If a colleague or a client asks me how well ZF performance is, I've no idea. Maybe it's there somewhere, but I missed it. I understand performance is hard to benchmark in ZF because everyone can do her or his thing in a different way. But maybe component based > 2. Why did you personally favor ZF over any other PHP framework for > one of your projects? > - Zend_Form; Even though it was still in the incubator back then. It was something I'm searching for and had only found in ZF. Other popular frameworks I looked at had no more than view helpers to support forms. - I liked the extensive *correct* use of PHP5's OOP & new features. I was starting to think that PHP is aging an starting to feel like C, until I had a look at ZF. - Extreme flexibility and extensibility. - Needless to say, very nice components! > Would be nice if you answer these questions within the next 24 hours. > Thanks for your brainstorming help and let the battle begin ;-) > > Best regards, > > Ralf > > -- Amr Mostafa, Head of Software Development, IT Synergy [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://itsyn.com +(2012)1700502 +(202)35371020
