Hi Kevin The 'what is the best framework' debate often surfaces here, and I am yet to see a compelling answer. It all comes down to what you feel comfortable with, making a choice and getting stuck in. Making any choice is preferable to pontificating. The Tree behaviour is certainly good; whether it's a deciding factor is hard to call. I would say that - as is probably the case with any framework or methodology - there is a pretty steep learning curve with Cake, but that 'ah-ha!' moment comes fairly soon.It might be tougher for you with no PHP knowledge, but then I had none when I picked it up. Both PHP and Cake are very straightforward once you get to grips with the basics, although of course it gets tougher once you decide to go off piste or stretch the boundaries. This forum is on the whole, a really friendly and useful resource and we are used to getting new folk such as yourself up and running. The Cake site also has a couple of very good tutorials; I would urge you to give them a go and follow them carefully. Many people jump bits and get lost, so come here for help. They are generally fairly robustly chastised and sent back to the classroom. RTFM, as they say. But so long as you are honest, try and help yourself and follow the good advice you are given, you won't regret choosing Cake.
Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 5 Apr 2012, at 15:54:47, Kevin Mitchell wrote: > Hello: > > Thank you for letting me intrude on your time and presume on your expertise. > I do appreciate your help in answering the following question. > > Although I've done quite a bit of website development in the past with ASP > and ColdFusion; recently with Drupal. I am new to PHP development and > certainly to working with a PHP Framework -- yet, I am committed to learning, > even at 60 years old! I'm trying to decide which direction to go re: a > Framework; I obviously, at this age, am not heading into a career in PHP > programming. I just want to build a tool to help myself and others manage my > MySQL database. > > I was investigating the Zend Framework. It seems a little intimidating, but > I'm willing. What attracted me to CakePHP was what I read about it being > relatively "easy" to learn and, especially, when I saw that that it's > TreeBehavior was using a MPTT / Nested Sets database. I have been working on > an extensive hierarchical database (a theological and biblical a curriculum, > with the biblical data including Hebrew and Greek fields for individual > sentences, clauses). > > So, my question, do you think the fact that CakePHP supports / uses this MPTT > logic is a fairly compelling reason for choosing the CakePHP framework -- > along with my being relatively new to PHP programming? Is there another > approach you might recommend? > > I do appreciate your time in answering this: I have been spinning my wheels > for weeks trying to decide what framework I should make a commitment to begin > with. > > Kevin > ncBc, Associate Pastor > BcResources.net > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
