Jeremy: Thank you, so very much, for your answer; especially it's encouraging tone. I am working through trying to setup a development environment, so I can create that blog tutorial.
I guess the heart of my question is whether the TreeBehavior should be a deciding factor (given that I've already got a database designed in a way that it seems to support) -- i.e., is that kind of tree support, using Nested Sets, relatively unique to CakePHP. I don't know whether Zend comes with this kind of "out-of-the-box" support. Again, Thank you! Kevin On Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:22:50 AM UTC-7, Jeremy Burns wrote: > > 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
