I'd agree, they're very fair comments Marco. IMHO Zend is 'heavy' and feature full with the great flexibility, where as CodeIgniter is very 'pick up and go'...
So I agree, it depends on your intended application. Cheers, Steve On 25 Mar 2012, at 18:05, Marco Pivetta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amir, > > I don't think you should convince that X is better than Y. > What is your company aiming for? What do you need to develop? Because Yii > and CodeIgniter are faster to setup and to develop with when talking about > smaller projects, while ZF is heavier, with more features, more difficult > but also more flexible when it comes to complex applications. > If what you are going to develop is something that requires months to get > done, I'd *STRONGLY* suggest you to look at Zend Framework 2 and Symfony 2. > Those two frameworks introduce totally new concepts and bring some fresh > air in web application development with PHP. > Also, it is not a question of "knowing this" or "knowing that" in my > opinion. If the team is good enough, switching framework should not be a > problem for anyone... > Marco Pivetta > > http://twitter.com/Ocramius > > http://marco-pivetta.com > > > > On 25 March 2012 17:21, AmirBehzad Eslami <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear List, >> >> I've used Zend Framework for almost 2 years in several projects. >> Now I'm entering a new company where the developers are asked >> to choose a web framework. We're 3 developers: >> One knows zf >> One knows CodeIgniter >> The other one knows Yii Framework >> I believe in ZF, but the other developers think that zf is very complex. >> Well, How can I make them to believe in zf? >> >> I found many benchmarks on the net for these 3 frameworks, which are >> biased in someway. Sometimes the author has only used Yii, and he >> believes it is the best framework. Someone has only used zf and only >> believes in zf (such as me). >> >> I'm looking for someone who has used two or more of these frameworks. >> >> Now in ZF-General list, is there anyone with Yii or CodeIgniter experience? >> If so, why do you prefer zf over these two frameworks? >> Please share your ideas. >> >> Thanks, >> -behzad >> >> -- >> List: [email protected] >> Info: http://framework.zend.com/archives >> Unsubscribe: [email protected] >> >> >> -- List: [email protected] Info: http://framework.zend.com/archives Unsubscribe: [email protected]
