I'd agree with that general sentiment. Ask what the benefits would be, why you should pay for this, what the risks are, etc
Remember, your application currently works - the best outcome from a port would be that.... it still works (ie, no change). The worst would be that it doesn't (and you've paid for that privilege!) If you already have a stable application built with CakePHP, find a dev team that prefers using CakePHP. However, do your research and chose a company that suggest CakePHP to YOU (not the other way round - because the answer will always be "Yes, OFCOURSE we know that...") On 1 Jan 2010, at 07:02, Jake Barnes wrote: > > > On Dec 30 2009, 11:42 pm, Mike Langford <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am considering changing development teams (outsourced) and the >> proposal from the new team recommends moving to Symfony from my >> current cakePHP framework. I am not a developer myself so I am looking >> to get an idea of how much work this is and what the true value of >> such a migration would be? >> >> Is there a simple way to migrate to Symfony or will my new team >> essentially have to re-code the entire site? > > > Do not do this! This is a very bad idea! All of the major PHP > frameworks are roughly equivalent. CakePHP is roughly as good as > Symfony. You gain absolutely nothing by changing your site from Cake > to Symfony. Your new team simply wants to convert the site so that > they can use the framework they are comfortable with. I suggest that > you look for another team, once with experience with Cake. > > Your new team would need to re-write the entire application/website. > You'll gain nothing. You'll face a new period of having to debug the > code. This can only be a wise move if the new team is offering > something of great value in return, or if they offer to do it for > free, perhaps to cement a long term relationship with you. > > Developers will tend to recommend the technologies they are most > comfortable with. I've done it. Everyone does it. But if you already > have a working site or application, then you gain no benefit from > this. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "symfony users" 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/symfony-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" 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/symfony-users?hl=en.
