"The framework choice is always less important than having a well-designed database underlying your code." <- #sotrue
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Kristina Anderson <k...@kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote: > A lean & mean AJAX-specific framework is SlimPHP. I've used it and can say > that I was happy with it. > > The "big 5" are clearly: CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Drupal, Zend & Symfony. > Maybe some agencies in NYC are using Yii but in all my years I've never run > into one. > > I think that it's a good idea to get experience using as many different > frameworks as you can so you become comfortable with MVC architectures in > general, and know what the plusses/minuses are in different situations. In > many cases the people doing the hiring are narrow thinkers who only want to > hire someone with experience in "that specific framework" when the truth is, > after a few years, they all start to seem pretty similar. > > It's best to stick whenever possible with the less bloated options, like > Kohana, where performance issues are the primary consideration; although > yes, there is little or no documentation available for Kohana. In fact I > will be using Kohana for an upcoming project due to its leanness. > > I've dealt extensively with reengineering really horribly designed CakePHP > codebases and it's amazing what I've seen. It was clearly advertised as a > quick, easy way to hire really green programmers to build "complex" > websites. It's not. > > The framework choice is always less important than having a well-designed > database underlying your code. > > Happy coding, > > Kristina > > > > On 9/14/2011 11:57 AM, federico ulfo wrote: >> >> What's the best framework is one of the hot discussion on linked in. >> Ruby has Rails, PHP has many, Symfony2 it's a good one, mostly used in >> Europe, the community is nice, but the founder Fabien Potencier is not >> very friendly, before come to NYC, at the Italian PHP Day I asked him >> if they was hiring, he's answer was "we hire only people who speak >> French" ... >> >> Kohana is based on Code Igniter, a good choice but the community is >> way smaller than Code Igniter, here in NYC many agencies goes for Yii, >> Zend is one of the best solution, hope the PHP 5 version will improve >> the performances, which were the biggest issue of it. >> >> Keep in consideration also to use a CMF like Drupal, one of the best >> solution, many NYC agencies chose it, so is also a good skill to add >> in your resume, if you're searching for job. >> >> As last, I'd like to mention the RainFramework, it's easy, lightweight >> and fast, so if you searching for great performances it's worth a try >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 14, 2011, at 10:06 AM, Rob Marscher<rmarsc...@beaffinitive.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:42 AM, Bruce Martin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This may be controversial but I would like to know what the conceived >>>>> top 5 PHP frameworks are. You don't have to list why, just an order from >>>>> most popular, i.e. there is more demand for developers with experience >>>>> using >>>>> the framework. The reason I ask, is I have just spent a year working with >>>>> CakePhp, which has it's benefits, but I have also seem some flaws with it. >>>>> So when I'm ready to move on, I would like to go in the direction of flow >>>>> in >>>>> the industry. >>>> >>>> From what I've seen around the community, the most popular seem to be >>> >>> Zend >>> Symfony >>> Cake >>> CodeIgniter >>> >>> I've also seen a number of people using Yii/Prado as well as Vork. >>> >>> Personally, I'm using Lithium. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>> >>> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation >> > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation > -- ---------------------------------------------- "May the Source be with you." _______________________________________________ New York PHP Users Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/Show-Participation
