November 24, 2007
Frameworks Galore
As I'm working through redesigning my wife's business site, I've been using it as an opportunity to build in some backend framework. Currently I'm deciding between implementing the Drupal CMS as the backend framework and using Drupal modules, or simply installing CakePHP and forgoing the content management system altogether.
And thanks to Web 2.0 and recent CSS work, the frameworks won't stop there. I will likely implement jQuery as the Javascript framework, and I'm eying the Blueprint CSS framework from Google as well.
While I'm sure getting up to speed in all of these frameworks will take a bit, I'm also sure that they will end up saving me development time in the future. I know some developers (especially CSS and PHP developers) are not thrilled with frameworks, but I believe this is a necessary evolution for web design.
As the web interface becomes increasingly complex, the "producers" of websites will need to find ways to leverage better tools to keep up with Web 2.0. To keep up with the increased capacity while maintaining an acceptable time to market, frameworks will continue to be essential.
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