frameworks

How is Yii Framework doing in PHP world? Any good or bad recent experiences.

Personally I like the many features that it offers. I have seen some questions but they are old, so want to gather some response from people who used it or planning to use it. If you are planning to use, how did you arrive at this framework? ...

This java technology stack in .net?

Hi, Having worked for Java for 7 years I'm now moving into a project in .net. The team I'm working in have recently used a technology stack that we are fairly happy with in the business layer and below: Spring for dependency injection, transaction management, security and for adding interceptors and for getting the possibility to injec...

Which PHP Framework is most closely cloned to ActiveRecord (RoR)

As the question says it all. Which framework in PHP is most closely cloned to ActiveRecord (Ruby on Rail). I have gone through many frameworks claiming to be based on ActiveRecord ideology but unfortunately none really come any close to ActiveRecord. Wny? Are there any such frameworks that I have missed? ...

Is it advisable to use CSS frameworks?

I'm an average web developer. Just want to find out if it's advisable to use CSS frameworks such as the 960 framework. if anyone has, what are the pros and cons of using it. thanks. ...

What are helper classes and scripts?

In a lot of frameworks/AMS/CMS I see folders of "helper" scripts and classes. What exactly do helper scripts and classes do? What is their specific purpose. Is that defined by the developer or is their a standard for their function? ...

Framework for doing (Igoogle/Pageflakes/netvibes)-like application using Ruby on Rails

Anyone has any suggestions of a framework to help me create an Igoogle/pageflakes/netvibes like application using ruby on rails. I tried using apotomo for a few days, but couldn't make it work at all. If not possible to make using ruby on rails, do u have any suggestions on what to use? Thanks, ...

newCachedThreadPool() V/s newFixedThreadPool

newCachedThreadPool() V/s newFixedThreadPool(...) when to use and which is better in terms of resource utilisation? ...

960 css framework

Hi Guys, Am evaluating 960 gs css framework for using on my site. Does anyone knows any big company that uses this framework to there sites? Thanks ...

Developing mobile apps

Given the landscape in which mobile applications exist is currently changing, i expect the "best" answer to this question to change as well, but for right now, which are the best operating systems/frameworks upon which to build mobile apps today. I'm thinking in terms of cost, learning curve and market penetration. ...

What is better CakePHP or pure PHP for a huge Project?

I just know pure PHP, never worked with a framework before, but my boss wants me to create our next project, which will be a lot bigger than everything we did before (means bigger than a page that needs only 5 scripts to work, more like 100 or something like that). But I'm not sure if I can realise it with pure PHP, now I heard that Cak...

Lightweight, PHP based, layout framework...know of any?

I'm looking for a lightweight, PHP based, layout framework. Like how the Zend Framework, uses layouts, I would like to create a layout template and include only the content for the necessary pages. <html> <head> <title><?= $pageTitle ?></title> </head> <body> <?= $content ?> </body> </html> Anyone know of anything that does this? I wo...

Recommendations for a Java 1.4 MVC framework for Jrun?

I am revisiting a project and need to limit it to Java 1.4 (unfortunately). I was interested in introducing a MVC framework to improve ease of maintenance in the future. Besides Struts 1, what options do I have? The lightweight the framework, the better. Not to dismiss Struts off hand, I've just heard a lot of bad things about it. If a...

Anyone NOT using a Web Framework? Why?

I'm well aware of the many reasons to use a web framework. I'm just wondering whether anyone out there is using absolutely no web framework whatsoever to develop their web projects. I would really love to know the reason(s) why you're not using a web framework. For the sake of this discussion, your programming language of choice does n...

Which PHP framework would you recommend?

Possible Duplicates: What PHP framework would you choose for a new application and why? What is your favorite PHP framework? A friend and I were pondering the idea of learning to use a framework for a coming project. We were looking at Zend, Cake PHP and Pear in particular I was wondering if anyone could outline the pros and c...

MapReduce implementation in Scala

I'd like to find out good and robust MapReduce framework, to be utilized from Scala. ...

Web Development Frameworks: Zend Framework vs Ruby on Rails vs ASP.NET MVC

i used Zend Framework b4 but will like to know what do u think? which is better and why. lets be objective ok? Zend Framework my background with this is ~3 mths Good: Templating thru Zend_Layouts & Zend_Views Zend_Forms, Zend_Validation, Zend_Filter: assists in form inputs Zend_Tool now allows for something like Ruby on Rails's CMD ...

Java frameworks vs. Javascript frameworks

I am a big fan of the Dojo Toolkit but I see here often that there are Java frameworks that do the same thing but they are not as extensive or as user friendly as Dojo in my opinion. What are the main differences? Can I use Dojo for the GUI and Java as the back-end? Is there a list of Java frameworks for web development? ...

Kohana: Which alternatives are available?

Since Kohana seems to be very poor documented and my time is valuable, I may want to stick with something that lets me get a web platform faster up and running. I know it forked from Code Igniter. I actually like the idea of Kohana, but since the big hole in documentation it seems to be a bad alternative. Well, almost everyone on the ne...

General MVC Questions - naming, structure (PHP)

Hello, I have tried many PHP MVC frameworks and I noticed that in many frameworks you can do things like this: $this->security->encodeForHTML(); So, basically there is a class Security, which contains a method encodeForHTML(). Isn't this Security class a singleton? Is there a specific name for this kind of "internal" singleton class?...

Graphics-based C++ GUI Framework?

Hey, all. I'm looking for a good, free graphics-based UI/GUI framework. Let's say I want to create the iPhone or Palm Pre from the ground up. How would I, using what UI framework? (Forget that Apple has created this and that libraries in the past :) just the best way to express what exactly I'm looking for.) In essence, I'm looking fo...