I work with CodeIgniter a lot, in fact I am coding a web app right now in CI. I have not found it to be limiting, given the capability to extend or replace any CI function. I personally love CI and would say that my code is fairly self documenting. I'd like to hear more about what Craig has to say about PHP vs. RoR. I have not made the switch yet, because there have been no business drivers to change, but if Craig wouldn't mind explaining more, I am very interested... Eric On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:20 PM, keith smith wrote: > > After taking a quick look at RoR - > http://oreilly.com/ruby/archive/rails.html , it looks a lot like > CodeIgniter. Any CodeIgniter users? Does that sound right? > > > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > > --- On Sun, 2/21/10, Craig White wrote: > > > From: Craig White > > Subject: Re: Re: > > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > > Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 4:01 PM > > On Sun, 2010-02-21 at 07:34 -0800, > > keith smith wrote: > > > > > Interesting statement that using a framework for Ruby > > would be 4 times faster than coding in raw PHP. Have > > you used a PHP Framework? And if so did that speed up your > > development? > > ---- > > no I haven't and I am aware of cake.php (and django for > > python). > > > > But if you think about, cake still has php as its > > underlying code base > > and with Rails, you not only get the framework but you get > > the OOP code > > base and it's elegance and readability which makes it so > > much easier to > > develop with and immensely easier to pick up even code > > months later > > (commented or uncommented) and discern what it does. > > > > PHP is comparatively messy and unstructured. I would > > suggest that > > cake.php is just putting lipstick on a pig. > > > > What you will find is that if your experience is .Net or > > PHP, that RoR > > makes web development fun again. > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail > > settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com