Ask HN: Why do you use framework X?

Re:Ask HN: Why do you use framework X? by yannis on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @10:07AM (#770456)

I use CodeIgniter extensively and have also tried Kohana. How did I get there in the first place? I believe that the best code you can find is the one you can write, however, I only have one life and not enough time to rediscover the wheel, so I went for the second best and decided to use CodeIgniter as was closer to what I wanted in that being a smaller framework I could mould it around to what I wanted to develop. Before selecting it, I downloaded CakePHP and gave it a try, it was just too big a framework for me. Have I got any regrets not really, would I use it again, yes but at least this time it comes with all the additional bells and whistles that I have attached to it. In reality the more you use a framework the more you .. forking it out towards your own needs and style.

For blog variants I have mostly used Drupal and I have a couple of blogs using Wordpress. Don't underestimate the power of both of them and that is one reason why I am still sticking with PHP for the forseeable future. I can attach a Wordpress installation to a CodeIgniter framework and with very little additional work, I can have a blog working - albeit with ugly code! After all wordpress is only 10 tables, Drupal is about 50.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use framework X? by uptown on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @11:06AM (#770593)

I'd be interested in hearing how well-suited CodeIgniter is for a web-application that will be brought FAR beyond just presenting blog-like content. What I intend to build will be a full-blown web-based app.

I'm about to start a new project, and thought I'd settled on CI as my framework of choice (never coded w/ a framework, so trying to get it 'right' on my first try), but some of the comments I've read here and elsewhere have me second-guessing my choice.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use framework X? by ErrantX on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @11:30AM (#770638)

I'd heavily advise ditching CI and hacking around with Kohana Version 3. Despite my misgivings it is super fast, super extensible and extremely powerful.

CI is just not updated enough IMO to form the stable base for an app.

As for taking it beyond blog content - I've created all sorts of complex sites; for example featured realtor website (property search, user management etc.) a wiki/"stackoverflow similar" site and am also working on a twitter "ticket" and marketing site (which is pretty complex). So it is suited to stuff like that.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use framework X? by uptown on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @12:28PM (#770788)

Cool. I'll give it a look. Thanks so much for the reply.

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