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Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by twotimestwo » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 6:32 AM UTC

Good question. What _does_ constitute a framework?

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by fauigerzigerk » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 8:11 AM UTC

tdavis wrote: post #53

pwoods wrote: post #15

Write your own!

Sure, maybe if you've never done it before because it's a learning experience, but it's a patently horrible idea otherwise.

So that means frameworks shouldn't exist at all in your opinion?

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by fauigerzigerk » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 8:52 AM UTC

igorgue wrote: post #7

Django, because it has magical powers, who can beat that?

I like Python and I like the way Django does controllers (not so much the template engine though). But I cannot use Django or any Python, Ruby or PHP setup in my current project because I'm keeping a lot of data in memory and that doesn't work with multi-process architectures.

So I'm using a very small dispatcher Servlet to pass JSON messages on to POJOS and do all the templating in the browser using jquery.

I'm bored to death (and rather annoyed) by Java so I'm always looking for alternatives that support my architecture.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by hs » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 8:55 AM UTC

drhowarddrfine wrote: post #35

Never used a framework and never will. I know how to code. I do my own sites and don't use others or have others do my work for me.

i dunno why u got downvoted for just being different shrug

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by zby » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:02 AM UTC

Catalyst

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by breily » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:08 AM UTC

joshsharp wrote: post #79

breily wrote: post #69

I used to use Django, tried cherrypy and web.py, and have ended up starting to write my own ( http://github.com/breily/juno ).

Juno looks pretty nice.

Thanks, that's always good to hear.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by coolestuk » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:08 AM UTC

marbletiles wrote: post #20

WebObjects. I don't like Java, or Eclipse, which makes it an odd choice, but it was Rails before Rails, and still has a lot of advantages over it. The ORM works hand-in-hand with the framework to do proper persistence, and while I rage against the tools sometimes, they're still better than being dumped back at a texteditor. If only Apple would give it some more love, it'd be killer.

WebObjects for me too :-) And I also don't like Java or Eclipse. But at least with DirectToWeb one can keep the Java code to a minimum.

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by oscardelben » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:18 AM UTC

Ruby on Rails is my primary framework. I've played a lot with Merb, but I'm happy that it will be merged with rails. In the future I want to explore web frameworks written in lisps (cl, scheme or closure)

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by abdulhaq » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:41 AM UTC

BinaryPie wrote: post #17

abdulhaq wrote: post #4

If you do it yourself, does it count as a framework? Server: python, postgresql, cherrypy, simplejson Client: Javascript, HTML, CSS, Dojo, AJAX. All the HTML is loaded up front and then AJAX for all the rest. Dojo insulates me from browser quirks. TDD Python is what I use at work (and love) and is good for complex algorithms (language morphology, in arabic). I don't use an all-encompassing framework because I need to…

I'll never understand why people use DoJo. Its greatest strength are all the "widgets" i guess you'd call them. However they are all not created equal. Some are well polished and deliver acceptable performance levels and other times they are just demos and hacks.

What do you recommend, in terms of widgets?

Re: Ask HN: What web framework(s) do you guys use?

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Post by joshdavey » Sat, Jan 24, 2009, 9:57 AM UTC

My own php framework: http://github.com/joshdavey/madeam/tree/master