Comments on: What I’d like to see from Lithium #li3

By: Nate Abele

Nate Abele — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:02:51 +0000

Hi James,

Typically, one’s choice among several options is based on an evaluation of those options, weighted against one’s priorities. If a new tool comes along that makes your work better/faster/smarter/whatever-your-priorities-are to a degree that’s significant enough to make a switch, then whatever temporary setbacks come from the up-front learning curve are more than made up for. It’d be like…. nevermind, I’m not even gonna bother with the analogy; you get the point.

And that said, I may be a little biased, but I think Lithium is going to improve your development *significantly*, over anything else available on the market.

By: davatron5000

davatron5000 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:08:32 +0000

i hear what you’re saying. but i think you may be reading into the “Other Ideas” part too much. I was just throwing out these add-on ideas because:

a) the kids love them! and it would build popularity rather quickly and
b) good add-ons promote quick development and frees up developers to tie things together and create rich apps, rather than re-invent the wheel every time.

i still think a sanctioned File Upload and Image class would be a good idea. instead of being app agnostic, it’s anticipatory of what 9 out of 10 apps are created for.

By: Nate (not that Nate)

Nate (not that Nate) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:31:04 +0000

Heh, I’m really not trying to be mean or joking. Drupal is more oriented towards giving you pieces to put together rather than a framework for creating new things. If you find yourself needing those types of components more often, maybe something like Drupal is the right tool for the job. It’s worth asking.

By: davatron5000

davatron5000 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:50:20 +0000

ZING!

By: Nate (not that Nate)

Nate (not that Nate) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:10:57 +0000

Sounds like what you really want is Drupal.

By: davatron5000

davatron5000 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:37:10 +0000

I can concede with you that the cliche is unrealistic.
I kind of actually hate it myself :)
I do, however, think that if we strive to be “agile”, that should mean we all have a few more tools on our tool belt. But overcoming my laziness to learn new syntaxes is an uphill climb. I think if I watched less Law & Order, I’d have the time to do that. But what can you do…

By: James

James — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:42:01 +0000

While that framework cliche is often spoke, I think it is a little unrealistic. It is not likely that you will switch frameworks because one project requires a little less code.

Maybe its just me, but I’m not going to go and learn “CI” just because I need a less strict framework.

I guess I see it more like having McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Subway available all the time, and always going to McDonald’s, because its what you love…

Okay, maybe I am being a jerk. I too am looking forward to checking out Lithium. But then again, I might just create the MOTHER of all php frameworks by combining them all together… But I don’t have the time.