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To back you up: Backbone and Rails are two examples of popular frameworks that grew out of in-house frameworks. So no, it is not far fetched at all to to think
by i_s 13y ago
To back you up: Backbone and Rails are two examples of popular frameworks that grew out of in-house frameworks. So no, it is not far fetched at all to to think "that a small group of smart developers with business domain knowledge can build fast, lean, code".
- spikels 13y agoExactly right! Same with PHP (originally "Personal Home Page" scripts for an talented individual) and Djanjo (two talented hackers at small newspaper). Most of today's popular web framework had humble beginnings while many of those promoted by big tech companies have fallen by the wayside. http://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php.php http://www.php.net/manual/en/history.php.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_(web_framework)#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_(web_framework)#History
- jamesbritt 13y agoMakes me wonder how many other good frameworks there are out there they just never get released for one reason or another. I've had people tell me about in-house tools they use, and some sound quite good. One reason some companies do not release their source is because part of their business is in the licensing of the code. If a client could just take it and have others work on it because it was fundamentally OSS they'd lose that.