I’m amazed on how easy it is to install the Symfony PHP Framework on Dreamhost. I have been thinking of coding my portfolio site using PHP and this framework instead of Ruby due to the server’s loading time delay, since mod_rails is being turned off on a shared server. If you want to install Symfony, you can follow the tutorial found on the Dreamhost Wiki itself, it is very detailed and step by step. You won’t be lost nor are there complicated steps that only technical people would know.
No personal comments for Symfony yet, since I can’t try it out due to some difficulties. I’ll be posting here about my experiences after coding something using Symfony.
Ramaze
Today, my boss also called as “Master” Wayne introduced to me and Ma’am Gigi (my favorite instructor and thesis adviser), the ruby framework called Ramaze. I was amazed by the productivity of the framework. This is the first framework I will be using, so won’t be able to compare Ramaze with the other existing frameworks.
I do have an experience on a framework, but it was a self-made framework used by my workplace for their projects. The self-made framework was done in PHP, it is already useful as it is, but there are more things made easier by Ramaze. Wayne told me that you may code in ruby with only few lines of code, which will be longer and harder when compared to its PHP version.
My interest in Ruby and Ramaze sparked up today. That’s good, since this will be the language and framework that will be used in developing my thesis. Now I’m looking forward in learning more about Ruby and Ramaze, and on how they will help my coding to more productive.
