Re: Which Frame work is best for php development?

["Colin" <ultimathule_6@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi 

I'm no veteran of these frameworks and have begun using them only recently
but here's my 50 cents worth.  I have all frameworks installed on local host
and I am evaluating them concurrently.  This little review is completely subjective for example
someone may rate the same frameworks as good/bad for the very reasons I don't.

Cake:                        
Documentation:           Good
Installation:                 Piece-a-cake 
Deployment:                Easy           
Tutorials:                     Very good, (beware, I think, in cake 1.3.0 the documentation is not available as a chm or pdf and there are a few deprecations in the blog tutorial, so use online source)
Learning curve:            9/10 [high score being easy, low score being hard]
OO Depth:                   Good
Overall:                        9/10
Summary:                     You can get up and running in no time, easy to learn, good MVC framework.  Nice folder hierarchy, could be light weight

Zend:                        
Documentation:           Very good
Installation:                 Easy
Deployment:                Easy           
Tutorials:                     More examples than tutorials per se 
Learning curve:            7/10 [high score being easy - low score being hard]
OO Depth:                   Very good
Overall:                        8/10
Summary:                     You can get up and running in no time, easy to learn, good MVC framework, feels familiar & good AJAX support, good for heavy apps

Symfony:
Documentation:           Excellent
Installation:                 A little more complex, pear install is a good option, get the sandbox for playing around before you dive in
Deployment:                Easy, but a little more work as command line oriented, but this will be a bonus once the learning curve and commands are learnt, but a lot of configuration files eek          
Tutorials:                     Very good, can learn the ropes with a few hours hacking
Learning curve:            6/10 [a high score being easy - a low score being hard]
OO Depth:                   Awesome
Overall:                        9/10
Summary:                     Very strong MVC, few headaches just read the manuals, but a lot of configuration options, which is a pro and a con, good for heavy apps

CodeIgnitor:
Documentation:           OK, the standard is good but the pdf is two pages a breast, side by side, so annoying when reading and learning
Installation:                 Straight forward
Deployment:                Easy           
Tutorials:                     Fewer examples, but is so intuitive once you get going you probably won't stop
Learning curve:            10/10 [high score being not overly exerting, which is what you want ideally , but then again this is a trade off]
OO Depth:                   Not as feature rich as other frameworks, but this is the frameworks virtue
Overall:                        7/10
Summary:                     It probably has the simplest implementation of most of the frameworks, but for that reason could be its best asset.  Uber light weight

Have a look at these links though.

http://www.dustinweber.com/main-page/the-best-php-framework-is-symfony-really-it/
http://www.phpframeworks.com/top-10-php-frameworks/
http://www.mustap.com/phpzone_post_73_top-10-php-mvc-frameworks



From: Roshan Shahare 
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 11:02 AM
To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Re:  Which Frame work is best for php development?


  
zend, cakephp , CI ( code ignitor )  are widely used framework...
if you r new to framworks...use CI its easy to use...
Zend has good library collection...
I also heard a lot about "Kohana" recently...

--- On Wed, 8/9/10, ADARSH <adarsh_vc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: ADARSH <adarsh_vc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:  Which Frame work is best for php development?
To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, 8 September, 2010, 2:44 PM

 

Which Frame work is best for php development? and why?

please share your thoughts and experience .....

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