#frameworks (15 links)
- The new wave of Javascript web frameworks frontendmastery.com
- Node.js Frameworks nodeframework.com
Hand-picked registry of Node.js frameworks.
- CSS Front-end Frameworks with comparison - By usabli.ca usablica.github.io
- On Rolling Your Own - rmurphey blog.rebeccamurphey.com
These pieces provided by Dojo — or any other comprehensive toolkit, for that matter — are but starter patterns, and thread, and scissors, and pins, and a sewing machine, and OK I’m stretching the metaphor, now, but my point is they’re definitely not finished one-size-fits-nobody garments. On the other hand, if I decide to use jQuery in a large application, it can feel like I’ve been given a black marker and some of that crinkly brown paper, and now it’s up to me to draw a pattern and then come up with all those other pieces, too. Intellectually interesting and pleasingly crafty, perhaps, but not particularly efficient, sustainable, repeatable, or maintainable.
"This document aims to lay out the pros and cons of two popular web publishing platforms: The PHP-based Drupal content management system (CMS) and the Python-based Django framework." With a bit of Wordpress thrown in.
- Underscore.js documentcloud.github.com
A utility-belt library for Javascript that provides a lot of the functional programming support that you would expect in Prototype.js (or Ruby), but without extending any of the built-in Javascript objects. It's the tie to go along with jQuery's tux.
- WP Framework - A blank WordPress Theme Framework wpframework.com
Possible sandbox alternative.
- Cappuccino is not designed for building web sites,... · Ben Ward's Scattered Mind micro.ben-ward.co.uk
When I hear a friend talking about learning Cappucino I react as if they’ve been tricked out of their money by a con-artist on a street corner. I think they’ve been conned out of true knowledge, duped down the wrong path. “Don’t be like those schmucks learning HTML! Just take these magic beans!”.
Useful for the list of frameworks.
- symfony Web PHP Framework symfony-project.org
- JeffCroft.com: What’s not to love about CSS frameworks? www2.jeffcroft.com
I’m asking publicly, and hoping these folks will show up here to give me their answers: What is it about CSS frameworks that bothers you?
- How to choose a JavaScript framework » d’bug blog.reindel.com
Choosing the right framework can be tricky, and weeding through a mess of opinionated fanboys (myself included) is intimidating.