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Laravel vs Zend Framework: What are the differences?
What is Laravel? A PHP Framework For Web Artisans. Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We believe development must be an enjoyable, creative experience to be truly fulfilling. Laravel 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.
What is Zend Framework? An open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 5. Zend Framework 2 is an open source framework for developing web applications and services using PHP 5.3+. Zend Framework 2 uses 100% object-oriented code and utilises most of the new features of PHP 5.3, namely namespaces, late static binding, lambda functions and closures.
Laravel and Zend Framework belong to "Frameworks (Full Stack)" category of the tech stack.
"Clean architecture" is the primary reason why developers consider Laravel over the competitors, whereas "Open source" was stated as the key factor in picking Zend Framework.
Laravel and Zend Framework are both open source tools. It seems that Laravel with 53.4K GitHub stars and 16.4K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Zend Framework with 5.71K GitHub stars and 2.87K GitHub forks.
9GAG, PedidosYa, and Swat.io are some of the popular companies that use Laravel, whereas Zend Framework is used by Webedia, TheIconic, and Next Jump. Laravel has a broader approval, being mentioned in 831 company stacks & 773 developers stacks; compared to Zend Framework, which is listed in 40 company stacks and 22 developer stacks.
I am planning to develop project management system SAAS based. Can any one help me with selection of platforms from Django or Laravel and for database MongoDB or Firebase/Firestore or MySql? On front end I am going to use Quasar Framework (VueJS). Note : project will be Webapp, Mobile app and desktop app.
i find python quite resourceful. given the bulk of libraries that python has and the trends of the tech i find django which runs on python to be the framework of choice to the upcoming web services and application. Laravel on the other hand which is powered by PHP is also quite resourceful and great for startups and common web applications.
When I started on this project as the sole developer, I was new to web development and I was looking at all of the web frameworks available for the job. I had some experience with Ruby on Rails and I had looked into .net for a bit, but when I found Laravel, it felt like the best framework for me to get the product to market. What made me choose Laravel was the easy to read documentation and active community. Rails had great documentation, but lacked some features built in that I wanted out of the box, while .net had a ton of video documentation tutorials, but nothing as straightforward as Laravels. So far, I am happy with the decision I made, and looking forward to the website release!
Pros of Laravel
- Clean architecture500
- Growing community359
- Composer friendly336
- Open source312
- The only framework to consider for php293
- Mvc194
- Quickly develop189
- Dependency injection155
- Application architecture142
- Embraces good community packages129
- Write less, do more57
- Restful routing50
- Orm (eloquent)46
- Artisan scaffolding and migrations43
- Database migrations & seeds42
- Awesome35
- Great documentation33
- Awsome, Powerfull, Fast and Rapid25
- Promotes elegant coding25
- Build Apps faster, easier and better24
- JSON friendly22
- Most easy for me21
- Eloquent ORM20
- Easy to learn, scalability20
- Test-Driven19
- Modern PHP19
- Blade Template18
- Beautiful18
- Security13
- Clean Documentation11
- Convention over Configuration10
- Based on SOLID10
- Cool10
- Easy to attach Middleware9
- Simple9
- Fast8
- Easy to use8
- Laravel + Cassandra = Killer Framework8
- Simpler8
- Get going quickly straight out of the box. BYOKDM8
- Easy Request Validatin8
- Less dependencies7
- Simplistic , easy and faster7
- Its just wow7
- Friendly API6
- Its beautiful to code in5
- Super easy and powerful5
- Great customer support5
- Speed4
- Fast and Clarify framework4
- The only "cons" is wrong! No static method just Facades4
- Easy4
- Active Record4
- Php74
- Laravel Mix3
- Laragon3
- Eloquent3
- Easy views handling and great ORM3
- Minimum system requirements3
- Composer3
- Intuitive usage2
- Laravel Spark2
- Laravel Passport2
- Laravel Nova2
- Laravel casher2
- Laravel Horizon and Telescope2
- Laravel Forge and Envoy2
- Ease of use2
- Cashier with Braintree and Stripe2
- Rapid development1
- Scout0
Pros of Zend Framework
- Open source24
- Community10
- Fast3
- Scalable3
- Friendly configuratin2
- Many library2
- MVC1
- Easy setup0
- HMVC Structure0
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Cons of Laravel
- PHP38
- Too many dependency26
- Slower than the other two19
- A lot of static method calls for convenience15
- Too many include13
- Heavy10
- Bloated7
- Laravel6
- Confusing5
- Does not work well for file uploads in Shared Hosting4
- Too underrated3
- Not fast with MongoDB2
- Difficult to learn1
- Not using SOLID principles1