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http://coordinatr.com http://coordinatr.com is built on CodeIgniter. CI has some of the best documentation of any Framework and it's super fast compared to oth

by drm237 19y ago

http://coordinatr.com http://coordinatr.com is built on CodeIgniter. CI has some of the best documentation of any Framework and it's super fast compared to others like CakePHP and Symphony. Of course, it's still PHP so there are some limitations, but overall it's been great. I don't really like the Rails comparison that people make. It's PHP and it's significantly less "magical" than rails.

jdavid 19y ago
but Rails made MVC extremely popular, and the directory structure and admin function names are very similar (at least from a non rails user like my self)
- drm237 19y ago
  Very true. The problem I have with calling it a rails clone is that people expect things like scaffolding, ORM, and auto code creation. CI has scaffolding, but it's only for admin use, not production, and while there are libraries that can do the ORM and code creation, they aren't as well integrated as Rails. Still it's lightweight and fast which is why I use it.
  - jdavid 19y ago
    i think the differences are more based on the "base" install rights of ruby, vs, the base install rights of php. many php servers do not have the option to run a cron job, and i think ruby can hold a state, where php runs the script for each request.
    - drm237 19y ago
      Are you talking about shared hosting packages? I think judging a language or framework based on the shared hosting packages available is probably one of the less effective arguments...