PHP5 Vs. CakePHP Vs. RubyOnRails?

OldJavaHack writes "If you could start a website (with MySQL for persistence) from scratch and you had a choice of PHP5, CakePHP, or RubyOnRails — which would you choose and why? Things to consider in your decision: 1. Maturity of solution; 2. Features; 3. Size of community of skilled users (to build a team); 4. Complexity/ease of use (for neophytes to master); 5. Greatest strength of your choice, and the greatest weaknesses of the other two. Here is a comparison of capabilities."

Sure

[dedazo]

1. PHP: What people build real websites with.
2. RoR: What people build websites with because they want to be kewl and later switch to PHP when they realize it simply does not scale, complete with acerbic "I wanted to believe" blog entry and everything

Next?

... Robots in disguise ... More than meets the eye

[poopdeville]

Great, a link to a wikipedia article. Wonderful.

Re:Sure

[NickCatal]

And the award to the quickest troll in the world goes to......

Re:Sure

[king-manic]

      1. PHP: What people build real websites with.
      2. RoR: What people build websites with because they want to be kewl and later switch to PHP when they realize it simply does not scale, complete with acerbic "I wanted to believe" blog entry and everything

Next?


Pfft.. Real men code websites in Java and ASP. Scalability and performance are for pussies. My server to chugs at 10 hits/minute and it likes it.

Re:Sure

[Max Littlemore]

And the award to the quickest troll in the world goes to......

kdawson, for posting this absolute shit as an IT story with nothing more than a link to a wikipedia article in the summary!

Congratulations!

Hey, kdawson, while you're reading this, can I just grease you up about a story I want to post about how Steam will replace electricity to power the electric kettles of the future [google.com]? Thanks buddy!

Re:Sure

[jamesh]

Pfft.. Real men code websites in Java and ASP.

I think Real Men would be more likely to build the web server and TCP stack into their web sites, for performance reasons.

At least that's what we did in my day.

*cough*

Re:Sure

[speaker of the truth]

And the award to the quickest troll in the world goes to......
--
-nick [nickcatalano.com]

Wow, I've never seen such an honest troll before. My hat off to you sir.

PHP5

[mrjb]

... because I know it and I know it does the job. Also saves me the work of figuring out what CakePHP and RoR is.

Re:Python and Django

[August Lilleaas]

Python is a much cleaner language than both PHP and Ruby

...said egrinake, the God that Decides Which Language that Rocks More.

Re:Sure

[VirusEqualsVeryYes]

this absolute shit [for] an IT story [has] nothing more than a link to a wikipedia article in the summary!

Not to worry, you will be cured of your tendency to RTFA soon. Welcome to Slashdot.

Re:Sure

[Da Fokka]

You fool! Can't you see kdawson is just an evil ploy by CmdrTaco to become more popular! By contrast, his submissions seem like an insightful breeze.

Re:Ruby On Rails: Size of community of skilled use

[Anonymous Coward]

www.workingwithrails.com = 500: Internal Server Error

Hmmmm...

Re:Sure

[oliderid]

Real men don't use web server. Real men reply to HTTP GET requests manually. For security reasons.

Re:Sure

[GrievousMistake]

Sure, just log in, go to preferences -> homepage, and uncheck the box that says 'kdawson'. The slashdot admins will instantly take notice of your preference and kick him of the team, and with any luck you'll never hear from him again.

Re:I learned PHP once

[quag7]

I think your problem is you don't do enough coding in seedy desert motels doing lines off of methamphetamine-crazed prostitutes, with a tubfull of radiator moonshine, a closet of AR-15 knockoffs and the latest high capacity polymer-grip Europistols, balancing towers of ice buckets full of jacketed hollowpoints.

You probably sit in some comfortable chair in an air conditioned office somewhere going, "oh, oh, globals, oh no, don't hack me, please!"

Some of us are too busy balancing our RAD needs while fighting off bikini-clad ninja chicks with harpoons and barbed-wire dildoes to be concerned to get our panties in a bunch over globals.

Please, you're standing on my dick.

Getting a Rails server up and running in 5 minut

[patio11]

Use Deprec (www.deprec.org I think) on a clean Ubuntu install. Seriously, when I found it it was almost a religious experience (and we're talking Baptist-esque rolling in the aisles and PRAISE HIM! OH! religion here).