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There are numerous Javascript frameworks available out there, and choosing the right one may have a great impact on your project workflows. It may even have significant impact on your project's overall chance of success, as the framework will highly dictate the possibilities, functions and ways to work for certain parts of your system. Therefore choosing the right Javascript framework - or coding something on your own - is a decision that needs to be taken with care. The following information is supposed to help you getting an overview and understanding some more details about three very popular frameworks. The following frameworks are all open source and have a lot in common. However, there ...

The PHP framework Laravel has gained a lot of attraction in recent years and became one of the most popular frameworks available. It is fully compatible with your Servage web hosting account and is therefore one of the better options when choosing which platform you wish to build new projects on. Laravel is very easy to learn, and quick to build code with. Therefore even existing projects could benefit from being moved over to Laravel, if they are not yet using an efficient framework. Composer introduction The Laravel installation is easily done with the Composer utility. Composer is a tool to manage packages and dependencies for PHP projects. Go to the Composer website and ...

If you are a coder, you know that coding can be a daunting task, but one that has to be done anyway. Therefore, all web programmers constantly struggle to make their tasks easier, through various techniques and utilizing relevant tools. Frameworks are one such tool that is used to avoid having to repeat tasks, as well as organize coding and documents. Advantages of Frameworks With frameworks, we are saved from reinventing the wheel each time we start a new project or new page/section. Frameworks also save us from creating various UI components from scratch, that we need frequently. With frameworks, we get instant solutions for our HTML, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery needs. ...

There are many available frameworks out there, and I love to see new ones mature. It's great that some many frameworks can be used, it gives lots of options - but also makes decision making increasingly difficult. The Nette Framework is another player in the sea of web application frameworks - but like most others, it has its right to be here. It comes with great and powerful features, and makes life easier for web developers. Perfect Security. Nette uses revolutionary technology that eliminates security holes and their misuse, such as XSS, CSRF, session hijacking, session fixation, etc. Want to know more? Debugging Tools. Possesses unmatched debug tools, which will help you discover ...

When working with PHP frameworks, one of the initial obstacles is learning how the frameowkr handles models and model data. Hence how to access database objects, how to manipulate them and how to expect results from finder methods to be formatted. Most frameworks use objects and arrays for this, but they all have their small pitfalls. In CakePHP the models handle data rather straightforward. First, let's look at how a basic model is defined in CakePHP: class Post extends AppModel { } Now, inside a controller we could run one of the magic finder methods, which we get for free from the framework, since the model extends AppModel: class PostsController extends AppController { ...

We have previously spoken about the Yii Framework and how it has many benefits for developers. The people behind Yii are not taking an easy relaxing Christmas and New Years break, but have just updated their software with a whole lot of fixes and other updates. It's not a major release but definitely worth taking the security and stability upgrades you can get with you - also it shows how dedicated the developers behind it are. This is important in determining the overall community and support capabilities or a given open-source project. Get the update Get started with Yii If you're not yet into Yii then you should check it out. ...