Zend Framework vs Vaadin

Overview

Zend Framework

Stacks262

Followers215

Votes48

Vaadin

Stacks198

Followers279

Votes36

GitHub Stars631

Forks81

Vaadin vs Zend Framework: What are the differences?

What is Vaadin? Components and tools for building web apps in Java. It is the fastest way to build web applications in Java. It automates the communication between your server and the browser and gives you a high-level component API for all Vaadin components.

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.

Vaadin and Zend Framework can be categorized as "Frameworks (Full Stack)" tools.

Zend Framework is an open source tool with 5.71K GitHub stars and 2.87K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Zend Framework's open source repository on GitHub.

Webedia, TheIconic, and CurrencyFair are some of the popular companies that use Zend Framework, whereas Vaadin is used by Graphai, Generali Hellas, and ITscope GmbH. Zend Framework has a broader approval, being mentioned in 40 company stacks & 22 developers stacks; compared to Vaadin, which is listed in 3 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Zend Framework	Vaadin
It is an open source framework for developing web applications and services using PHP 5.3+. It uses 100% object-oriented code and utilizes most of the new features of namely namespaces, late static binding, lambda functions and closures.	It is the fastest way to build web applications in Java. It automates the communication between your server and the browser and gives you a high-level component API for all Vaadin components
Pure object oriented web application framework; Advanced MVC implementation; Supports multi databases including PostgreSQL, SQLite etc; Simple cloud API; Session management; Data encryption; Flexible URI Routing; Zend provides RESTful API development support.	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars -	GitHub Stars 631
GitHub Forks -	GitHub Forks 81
Stacks 262	Stacks 198
Followers 215	Followers 279
Votes 48	Votes 36
Pros & Cons
Pros 25 Open source 11 Community 4 Fast 3 Scalable 2 Many library	Pros 9 Java 7 Compatibility 6 Open Source 6 Components 3 Performance Cons 3 Paid for more features
Integrations
Expressive PHP GitHub Webex	No integrations available

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