Re: [PHP] Re: php framework vs just php?

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 11:02 AM, paragasu <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> imagine a cms, like drupal or joomla.  you install the thing w/ the web
> > based installer then go through adding content via the web interface; u
> > can
> > do it :D
> >
> > -nathan
> >
>
> i am going to miss the fun doing programming then.
>
> As a comparison, framework is like a canned food. available anytime you
> wan't. but still, it doesn't give me the fun of cooking my own meal.
> sometimes, it is not about eating that make me happy. it is  the cooking
> part.
> Same goes for programming. Great cooker invent good recipe and make a
> factories to
> produce the same product in a large number. Great programmer invent
> framework so other
> people can use it to create many program.
> If for productivity. canned food is good.
> But i think, i still prefer sweet & sour fried rice over canned food.
> don't you?


if you want to go w/ a cooking analogy, i tend to think of a framework as
going to a professional restaurant; where they have a nice infrastructure to
build out many different types of meals.  over time you learn this
infrastructure and leverage it to construct your own famous recipies.

-nathan