Deciding Factors

Here, I will not conclude with a “winner” framework, instead I will explain couple deciding factors that able to grasp my interest without knowing their details.

Version number

This gives you an idea on maturity of a framework: version 0.x tends to be ‘testing the water’ framework; 1.x is stable; and 2.x above can mean mature framework after major rework.

Last Release Date

You want to work on a responsive open source project, releases within 6 months is an acceptable period to me.

Existing Participation

Find out whether there are many users of a particular framework by seeking related questions on StackOverflow or numbers of search results from Google.

Official Community

A structured community can be crutial when you get deeper into the framework and may need to ask questions. Official forum and IRC channel are good indications of their activity level.

Verdict

I keep a far detailed version tracking every existing PHP MVC frameworks out there and plan to maintain the list as time goes.

• [Google Docs] Comparison of PHP MVC Frameworks

However, it all summerised down to the 6 popular frameworks (in alphanumerical order):

Summary

In this article I will talk about factors I look at when picking a PHP MVC framework. Having little time to go through user guide in-depth, there are couple of statistical value that may help you decide a framework to start from.

I own a Nikon D90, cropped sensor DSLR, making 50mm prime lens a 75mm equivalent on Full Frame. Disregard I still wanted to test drive a 50mm prime lens. Now 6 months later with this challenging lens, I crave for “real” 50mm experience. Alternatively, I can find my way toward a full frame body but that isn’t going to happen any time soon. So instead of holding on to this fairly low investment, I have decided to liquidate it for my next upgrade.

Field Vision Close to Human Eyes

50mm lenses mimic the field of the human eye hence the name “normal lens” for its focal length. However when mount this on a DX camera body, which is a 1.5 crop factor, it translates to roughly 75mm focal length. 35mm on DX is the best option as it translates to roughly 48mm.

Close Focus

50mm’s closest focus distance is 0.45m while 35mm is 0.3m. This really bugs me if I want to shoot delicates or while in limited space such as in China room or on a dinning table.

Silent Wave Motor

I haven’t had my hand on a 35mm yet, however I did able to feel difference in focusing with 50mm comparing with a newer lens 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G. I am looking forward to the focus speed and accuracy from a 2 year young 35mm.

Summary

This article explain some of the points why I made my decision to ditch my existing Nikkor 50mm f1.8D for a Nikkor 35mm f1.8G DX.