CodeIgniter vs JAWS vs Symfony

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CodeIgniter

3.2K
1.5K
+ 1
466
JAWS

5
49
+ 1
2
Symfony

8K
5.9K
+ 1
1.1K
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Pros of CodeIgniter
Pros of JAWS
Pros of Symfony
  • 88
    Mvc
  • 76
    Easy setup
  • 70
    Open source
  • 62
    Well documented
  • 36
    Community support
  • 25
    Easy to learn
  • 21
    Easy
  • 14
    Fast
  • 11
    HMVC
  • 9
    "Fast","Easy","MVC"
  • 9
    Language Suppert
  • 7
    Powerful
  • 6
    I think it is best. we can make all types of project
  • 6
    Easy, fast and full functional
  • 6
    Open source, Easy to setup
  • 5
    Customizable
  • 5
    Beginner friendly framework
  • 4
    Super Lightweight, Super Easy to Learn
  • 3
    CLI
  • 2
    Easily Extensible
  • 1
    Powerful
  • 2
    Heroku
  • 177
    Open source
  • 149
    Php
  • 130
    Community
  • 129
    Dependency injection
  • 122
    Professional
  • 80
    Doctrine
  • 75
    Organized
  • 71
    Modular architecture
  • 47
    Smart programming
  • 45
    Solid
  • 20
    Documentation
  • 15
    LTS releases
  • 10
    Easy to Learn
  • 9
    Decoupled framework components
  • 9
    Robust
  • 8
    Service container
  • 8
    Bundle
  • 8
    Good practices guideline
  • 7
    Simple
  • 7
    Powerful
  • 6
    Flexible

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Cons of CodeIgniter
Cons of JAWS
Cons of Symfony
  • 6
    No ORM
  • 1
    No CLI
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    • 10
      Too many dependency
    • 8
      Lot of config files
    • 4
      YMAL
    • 3
      Feature creep
    • 1
      Bloated

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    What is CodeIgniter?

    CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.

    What is JAWS?

    The Javascript + AWS Stack – A server-free, webapp boilerplate using bleeding-edge AWS services that redefine how to build massively scalable web applications

    What is Symfony?

    It is written with speed and flexibility in mind. It allows developers to build better and easy to maintain websites with PHP..

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      What are some alternatives to CodeIgniter, JAWS, and Symfony?
      Laravel
      It is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.
      WordPress
      The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and when you’re ready for more there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine. Over 60 million people have chosen WordPress to power the place on the web they call “home” — we’d love you to join the family.
      Yii
      Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.
      Kohana
      Kohana is an elegant, open source, and object oriented HMVC framework built using PHP5, by a team of volunteers. It aims to be swift, secure, and small.
      CakePHP
      It makes building web applications simpler, faster, while requiring less code. A modern PHP 7 framework offering a flexible database access layer and a powerful scaffolding system.
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