Silex vs Spark Framework

Overview

Silex

Stacks36

Followers33

Votes0

GitHub Stars3.6K

Forks710

Spark Framework

Stacks39

Followers91

Votes7

GitHub Stars9.7K

Forks1.6K

Silex vs Spark Framework: What are the differences?

What is Silex? The PHP micro-framework based on the Symfony Components. It is built on the shoulders of Symfony and Pimple and also inspired by sinatra. It has an extension system based around the Pimple micro service-container that makes it even easier to tie in third party libraries.

What is Spark Framework? A micro framework for creating web applications in Kotlin and Java 8 with minimal effort. It is a simple and expressive Java/Kotlin web framework DSL built for rapid development. Its intention is to provide an alternative for Kotlin/Java developers that want to develop their web applications as expressive as possible and with minimal boilerplate.

Silex and Spark Framework can be categorized as "Microframeworks (Backend)" tools.

Silex is an open source tool with 3.75K GitHub stars and 743 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Silex's open source repository on GitHub.

Kairos, Clippings, and ARENA are some of the popular companies that use Silex, whereas Spark Framework is used by Kasa Smart, AfricanStockPhoto, and Khartec ltd. Silex has a broader approval, being mentioned in 7 company stacks & 7 developers stacks; compared to Spark Framework, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.

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Advice on Silex, Spark Framework

Juan José

May 1, 2020

Decided

I developed Hexagon heavily inspired in these great tools because of the following reasons:

Take full advantage of the Kotlin programming language without any strings attached to Java (as a language).
I wanted to be able to replace the HTTP server library used with different adapters (Jetty, Netty, etc.) and though right now there is only one, more are coming.
Have a complete tool to do full applications, though you can use other libraries, Hexagon comes with a dependency injection helper, settings loading from different sources and HTTP Client, so it comes with (batteries included).

Right now I'm using it for my pet projects, and I'm happy with it.

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Detailed Comparison

Silex	Spark Framework
It is built on the shoulders of Symfony and Pimple and also inspired by sinatra. It has an extension system based around the Pimple micro service-container that makes it even easier to tie in third party libraries.	It is a simple and expressive Java/Kotlin web framework DSL built for rapid development. Its intention is to provide an alternative for Kotlin/Java developers that want to develop their web applications as expressive as possible and with minimal boilerplate.
Concise API;Extensible;Testable;Fast;Simple;Easy to use	Built for productivity; Lets you take full advantage of the JVM
Statistics
GitHub Stars 3.6K	GitHub Stars 9.7K
GitHub Forks 710	GitHub Forks 1.6K
Stacks 36	Stacks 39
Followers 33	Followers 91
Votes 0	Votes 7
Pros & Cons
No community feedback yet	Pros 2 Very easy to get up and running. Lovely API 1 Easy 1 Fast 1 Ideal for microservices 1 Native paralelization
Integrations
No integrations available	Kotlin Java

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