Messin' around with PHP Frameworks...

[blackout]

I've decided to try to take some of the bit of time I have lately to improve on my php skills. I've got some ideas for bigger projects that would take me forever to code I think. I'm lookin around at frameworks, ran in to CodeIgniter, Yii, Kohana the most.

I know there are several amazing coders out there, and I also know that at least some of you are using one framework or another. I'm wondering which one would be the best one to get going with this framework stuff.

Right now I'm using PhpED and a WAMP server for development.

Any of you "l33t cod3rs" out there using something other than notepad?

[Klen]

Yes,i using notepad ++ ;)

[Linguist]

Codeigniter would be the easiest to start with. It's a 2-minute install, you don't need shell access and they have awesome documentation

[d-null]

posting this for humor value, not as any kind of personal recommendation:

[HomerSimpson]

CI is fine...

Notepad ++ or EmEditor for editing...

[Zorgman]

EditPlus 2 for PC.

[fris]

CI is neet

[Tempest]

EditPlus 2 for PC.

[barcodes]

Codeigniter would be the easiest to start with. It's a 2-minute install, you don't need shell access and they have awesome documentation

nettuts has a good tutorial on code igniter
heres a link to the 1st of 17 tutes

http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/new...scratch-day-1/

[V_RocKs]

Dream weaver

[cooldude7]

text pad here.

[nextri]

cakephp.org is the shit!

[grumpy]

phped with wamp is a ghood choice, combine it with http://trac.edgewall.org/ and you are set

[Brujah]

CI or Kohana (a fork of CI), both are good but CI has the better documentation. It's especially a good place to learn to write better PHP and learn basic MVC. Follow the NetTuts link posted earlier. The NetTuts tutorials on CI are very good. You may end up moving to Kohana or other depending on your skill level and preferences.

[blackout]

Thanks, I'm gonna check out some of those other editors. I'm kinda liking PhpED though. I'll give Cake another look I suppose, but the fans of CI seem to have my google search for "php frameworks" overtaken. And yeah, the tutorials are everywhere.