October User Group:: Selecting A PHP Framework

How many of us have searched Source Forge for a project that appears to fit our needs only to find there's no community or documentation behind it; or the code is really poorly written; or the project is about to fork...Sometimes selecting an open source project is like renting B-grade movies at the video store; it's not so much the cost that concerns you, but rather the time wasted if you select a dog.

Please join BostonPHP in October when Seth Aaronson will moderate a panel discussion on how to select a robust PHP framework culminating in a "PHP framework bake-off". BostonPHP members will showcase their respective frameworks:

• Justin Hannus - founder of Opifex;
• Nate Abele - core developer of Cake, and
• Chuck Hagenbuch - founder of HORDE

Each framework will develop a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) catalog application (e.g. products and categories) that we will each show multiple formats (xhtml + some xml, etc).

This presentation will become the foundation of future bake-off/presentations (e.g. Zend, Drupal, Symfony) and the basis of an upcoming article in php|architect.

BostonPHP works in conjunction with BostonPHP Meetup, usually meeting the first Wednesday of every month for structured presentation at a local university or business location, and then typically moves on to a nearby restaurant/bar/pub for more informal discussion .