If you feel the treebehavior would help you achieve your nested
architecture, I'd say go for it. it is easier to implement than zend.I have
used both, and I found cakephp relatively easier to use.
On Thursday, April 5, 2012 2:14:00 PM UTC-4, Kevin Mitchell wrote:
>
> 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
>>
>>
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