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Title:

Web Framework Battle Royale

Your vote:
Yes No
Organizer:
Leah Culver, Six Apart
Description:
Which web framework will rule them all? As an audience member you pick the winner! We will present an introduction to a variety of web frameworks including Rails, Django, Catalyst, and Sinatra. You can vote for the best web framework in categories such as URL handling, database integration, forms, HTML templating, documentation, testing and deployment.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is a web framework?
  2. What are the current popular web frameworks?
  3. What do you need to get started using a web framework?
  4. How does each web framework handle an incoming request?
  5. How does each web framework interact with a database?
  6. How can designers benefit from using a web framework? HTML? CSS? Templating language?
  7. How are forms handled in each web framework?
  8. What are the techniques for deploying a live website?
  9. How can each web framework help me test my code?
  10. What resources are available for learning more about each framework?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Back-End Programming / Databases, Front-End Programming, Open Source
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Julien GENESTOUX
on 17/8/09
Rails FTW! ;D
Leah Culver
on 17/8/09
Please let me know if there's a prominent web framework that you'd like to have represented and I'll do my best to find a panelist. Thanks!
Ed Gutman
on 17/8/09
What, no asp.net? :P

Yeah, I'm going with Julien on this one. :)
Tony Dewan
on 17/8/09
I'm sure all the big kids will make fun of me, but I'd like to see a PHP framework make the list. My first thought would be CakePHP, but it follows the Rails approach pretty closely. That leaves Symfony, Zend etc. at the heavy end, and CodeIgniter, Kohana at the light end.
Rob V
on 17/8/09
Ummmm, shouldn't there be AT LEAST ONE php framework on the list? It's a pretty popular language... :)
Dustin Whittle
on 17/8/09
symfon FTW!
ben morris
on 17/8/09
Another vote for symfony!
Eric Marden
on 17/8/09
Two Ruby Frameworks and no PHP. Interesting including a Perl framework, but why not make it more exciting at at least add Seaside (Smalltalk), Stripes (Java), and/or Zend (PHP) to the list.
Ilya Grigorik
on 17/8/09
Rails. :-)
Ilya Grigorik
on 17/8/09
Actually, some micro-frameworks would be nice too.. for a different perspective: sinatra, etc.
Michele Beltrame
on 18/8/09
Well... CATALYST of course!!!
Gercek Karakus
on 18/8/09
+1 for a PHP framework
Nathan Stehr
on 19/8/09
another framework that might be interesting to consider is the groovy-based grails...
Skylar Woodward
on 1/9/09
+1 for a PHP framework, if only b/c it's the most often used language for server-side code. I recommend CakePHP as the front-runner there.
Leah Culver
on 2/9/09
Thanks for all the recommendations! Please email me if you would like to be a panelist for a particular web framework or would like to recommend someone else who would.

Thanks!!
Marjorie Kase
on 2/9/09
Although, my knowledge in this area is pretty limited, I do know that Leah is the shiz when it comes to this stuff. Vote yes!
Amanda Congdon
on 3/9/09
Sounds like it will be a very interactive panel... like the style.
Jonny Thompson
on 3/9/09
From the templating side of things ASP.NET is pretty awesome. Hope you can add it in to approve/disapprove that notion. And of course PHP... Hope this gets in!
Jacques Crocker
on 4/9/09
I'd recommend keeping the scope to Rails vs Django. It's a nice rivalry and there's enough there to occupy a good session. Too many frameworks would dilute since no one knows every framework. Most rails devs are familiar enough with django and vice versa to make this interesting.
Nick Retallack
on 4/9/09
What about Pylons? I'd like to see Pylons compared to Django. It's an interesting medium, since it behaves a lot like Rails but is implemented very differently.
Nick Retallack
on 4/9/09
Btw, to differentiate Pylons from Django, assume you're using the default settings: SqlAlchemy for ORM and Mako for templates. Also include FormAlchemy for the admin interface. Perhaps casually mention Elixir for comparison with Rails' ActiveRecord.
Adrien Lamothe
on 5/9/09
Django and Rails are the two best web development frameworks, so let's just forget about the also-rans.

Games Online
on 3/11/09
I'm totally there!
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