Web Site Development with PHP

Sure, most of the recent buzz in web development is over AJAX or Ruby on Rails but don't forget about good 'ol PHP.

We've been using PHP for a long time here at CWS and are now getting excited about the CakePHP framework. In case you haven't heard, it is an MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework that is similar to Rails but is written completely in PHP. In fact, it looks to be almost a direct port of the Rails framework to PHP. The terminology and even the directory structure look exactly like Rails.

Our experiences so far with both Ruby on Rails and CakePHP are very promising. Both make it easier to develop more maintainable web applications in less time than before.

So, the movement toward web development using MVC frameworks continues to gather steam. As always, we here at CWS are staying on top of these developments and will continue to choose, as I like to say, "the proper tool for the proper job."