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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