Comments on: Frameworks 2.0 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/frameworks-2-0/ Rich Rodecker's blog on flash, flex, actionscript, javascript, and php, with a dash of randomness Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bjorn http://www.visible-form.com/blog/frameworks-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-222305 bjorn Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:44:44 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=434#comment-222305 Thanks, I didn't know about RobotLegs - it looks interesting for small projects which needs a light footprint (how light are robotlegs exactly?) .. I'll be sure to check it out :-) Thanks, I didn’t know about RobotLegs – it looks interesting for small projects which needs a light footprint (how light are robotlegs exactly?) .. I’ll be sure to check it out :-)

]]> By: Peter Bell http://www.visible-form.com/blog/frameworks-2-0/comment-page-1/#comment-220750 Peter Bell Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:44:28 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=434#comment-220750 I liked this trend when I first saw it in the Ruby world, but I'm starting to have second thoughts. The problem with many frameworks is that they try to do too much. By wallowing you to change everything, they make the complexity such that it's hard for the authors to debug every possible combination of settings and it can take longer to learn a framework than to write one. I'm starting to feel that the achilles heel of frameworks is that they are too flexible. I'd rather have a simple, limited framework with a strong opinion and to either have to use it (the way it is meant to be used) or pick another. I liked this trend when I first saw it in the Ruby world, but I’m starting to have second thoughts. The problem with many frameworks is that they try to do too much. By wallowing you to change everything, they make the complexity such that it’s hard for the authors to debug every possible combination of settings and it can take longer to learn a framework than to write one.

I’m starting to feel that the achilles heel of frameworks is that they are too flexible. I’d rather have a simple, limited framework with a strong opinion and to either have to use it (the way it is meant to be used) or pick another.

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