yes On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Darryle Steplight <dstepli...@gmail.com>wrote:
> "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 >
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