I'm in the same boat. Although I just switched jobs, so I don't have
my framework anymore. Some of the frameworks require you to program
to their standards and use the entire framework, like Drupal. I
prefer to use only the pieces I need or the parts that are better
than mine. The Zend framework is designed around that concept, so you
can continue to use your framework and just incorporate pieces of
theirs.
I found a lot of the frameworks are designed around creating/managing
a site. In my case, web sites are just the presentation of various
pieces. The same "piece" can appear on any number of sites. The site
isn't the central point, it's the "piece" that's important. The site
is whatever the creative group comes up with, I just plugin the
pieces. Many of the frameworks don't lend themselves to this type of
setup. Most of my code lives in a centralized directory accessible by
all web sites. Which is why I seem to be settling on Zend.
On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Ben Sgro ((ProjectSkyLine)) wrote:
Hello all,
I know there has been a ton of discussion about frameworks.
So far, I've looked into:
1) Cake
2) Zend
3) Joomla
4) Symfony
5) Drupal
I've looked at tutorials, books and online how-tos'. Let me explain
my development environment.
I use smarty templates for all my HTML. My php is 5w/OOP. I have
many libraries from everything
from database access, sitemap creation, html (textboxes, drop
downs), simple ajax, error logging,
session handling, (all created by myself) and I use PEAR SOMETIMES
as to not reinvent the wheel
for a single project. When I design sites & applications, I have an
index.php and pass "actions=WHATEVER"
on the URL to change the action of the program. I dont use seperate
files for different things EXCEPT for all the libs
and auxiliary functions. I use SVN for revision control.
I guess I don't see the compelling reason to switch to a framework.
Will it really speed up my development
time, even if I have all these libs (and still expanding) already
created?
The JSON stuff looks cool, but I dont use that much js and if I do,
I just write it myself.
Applications I build are powered by PHP/MYSQL, HTML/CSS. There are
forms to fillout, emailing, login,
account creation, etc. Some are more complicated than others.
Maybe I could use one framework for making simple websites, and
another for applications?
I'm really looking for success stories or terros from switching
from no framework to using one,
which one, how long it took to be effecient with it, how easy it
was to expand/modify, the
userbase and user support, scalability, ease of use, organization
of codebase, etc. Also,
I LOVE books, so any that have good paperback book or white paper/
tutorials is a BIG plus.
Any feedback is helpful, and please provide pros/cons.
Thanks so much!
- Ben
Ben Sgro, Chief Engineer
ProjectSkyLine - Defining New Horizons
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