Comments on: Web development frameworks

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:45:10 +0000

It’s definitely worth mentioning Fuse (www.phpfuse.net) as a player in the PHP MVC arena, since its feature set is very much encroaching on Cake at this point, and its ease of use is unmatched.

By: frank

frank — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:47:05 +0000

Thanks for your comment Alex. As far as test tools are concerned, I did compare TestNG with JUnit. The development team is familiar with JUnit and I didn't see enough reason to switch from JUnit 4 to TestNG, especially considering the built-in support for JUnit found in most build tools and IDEs. However, it is reasonable to consider switching to TestNG in the future.

For continuous integration, I suggested Continuum because it is very easy, however there are also a number of other reasonable choices

My mention of BigIP is just an example of a load balancer. I have not specified the actual hardware since it will depend on a lot of other hardware and hosting decisions. For example, dedicated server data centers often provide their own load balancing services based on a specific platform.

By: Alex DJ

Alex DJ — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:24:29 +0000

Nice overview of the choices made and rationale. I am somewhat surprized no mention is made of tests tools and continuous integration. These are pretty key in modern development.

Also, BigIP does not come cheap. Were other options considered for loadbalancing?

By: Jens E

Jens E — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:32:18 +0000

Frank;

Great post and encapsulation of the decision process. We’re glad you are enjoying the many benefits of MyEclipse and that we are meeting our goals of making developers more productive. Additionally, you may want to check out the capabilities inside MyEclipse that address many of the above features (if you have not already). For example, MyEclipse incorporates and builds upon Spring 2.0 features and much more. Additionally, we have just added some advanced Spring/JPA integration that your team may find useful.

Thanks again, and please let us know if there is any way we can serve you better or improve your workflow. You obviously do a lot of homework and don’t just “go with the crowd,” and it would be our pleasure to take your suggestions on how we can improve MyEclipse.

Best,
Jens
MyEclipse