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A comment on Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks are you using and why?.

Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by jamisonbryant on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:32AM (#31608006)
PHP: CakePHP

This was the very first framework I learned when I first learned PHP, and it has always just been so incredibly _easy_ to accomplish most common MVC tasks that I've stuck with it. I've become quite the expert in the framework over the years, even managing to make it bend quirky ways that it was not meant to in service of business goals. That has made me an extremely valuable resource for companies using the framework, and so I keep using it. Plus, I enjoy it immensely.

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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by clairity on Friday June 03, 2022 @03:08PM (#31612384)
wow, this takes me back. before cakephp, there was fusebox. i had started to write my own framework back then, but found fusebox to do most of what i'd wanted to do, so used it for a few projects. then cakephp came out as an iteration on the MVC pattern, and i switched immediately. only later did i discover rails, which was even more pleasant, as it sat atop ruby rather than php.
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by bdcravens on Saturday June 04, 2022 @01:07AM (#31617185)
Never used Fusebox in PHP, but used it in ColdFusion, where it originated.
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by clairity on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:34AM (#31617638)
yah, i actually used it with coldfusion first too, then php later. fun times.
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by mooreds on Friday June 03, 2022 @11:48AM (#31609928)
I wrote an application in cakephp before I learned rails. What a great framework. Plus, it's PHP, so easy to host anywhere.
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by bambax on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:46AM (#31608199)
The cakePHP website uses (almost) white font on white background, doesn't work in Reader mode, and many links point to 404s (eg: https://api.cakephp.org/4.3/namespace-Controller.html)... Is it still maintained?
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by mark_story on Friday June 03, 2022 @11:29AM (#31609669)
Yes, CakePHP is still maintained. The API docs are something that is being worked on and, we'll get the 404s fixed soon.

What browser are you having problems with in reader mode?

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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by bambax on Friday June 03, 2022 @11:45AM (#31609882)
Firefox doesn't show the Reader icon (right of the url bar). If trying to force reader mode with

    about:reader?url=https://cakephp.org/
it displays the error:

    Failed to load article from page
As it is, the text in super light grey is completely unreadable.
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by mark_story on Sunday June 05, 2022 @09:47PM (#31636600)
Interesting, I've never seen this mode of firefox before. I checked a few other sites and they also had a 'Failed to load article from page' error. Do you have a link for a site that does work?
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Re:Ask HN: Web frameworks – which less popular frameworks ar... by bambax on Monday June 06, 2022 @04:20AM (#31638288)
It usually works. Here's the 3rd link from HN home page right now for example

    about:reader?url=https://monicalent.com/blog/2019/06/03/absolute-truths-unlearned-as-junior-developer/
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