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... A well designed and easy to follow tutorial is essential for spreading the Yii framework to a wider audience. People don't have always time to test and inspect all code, and they might go away to CodeIgniter or CakePHP. ...
Conclusio: Someone should update the tutorial document as soon as possible.
Hi everyone,
I really like Yii - I like it cause it generates a modifiable site instantly and because of its CRUD features.
HOWEVER … learning it has been VERY discouraging (in fact, I gave up!).
What would make a tutorial leave important details out, or not having the main video tutorial not explain fully, or not be up-to-date (or go too fast) is beyond me.
If Yii is targeted at PHP pros only … it will soon die out. The secret of a successful framework IS its learning curve. No matter how good it is – if it can NOT be learned easily potential users will just move on to CodeIgniter, whose forum has much to teach Yii (for it gladly welcomes newbies by answering specific questions with specific teachings – not just replying with “read the guide”).
No disrespect to anyone – I express my thoughts on this cause I care that this framework succeed.
But everyone here knows that in the time it takes to learn how to do the blog demo, a dozen sites can be already made with CI — and all because lack of introductory instructions.
I cannot see how anyone can fully complete the blog demo tutorial (via its video or guide) "without" help from the forum.
tutorials should tested on a newbie FIRST before releasing it. The exception is when its creator sincerely wants newbiew to learn – then all steps will be FULLY documented, and necesary explanations given.
I think that the developers of Yii should just STOP enhancing, for now, and concentrate more on creating easier to understand, and more updated, tutorials (text and videos).
… otherwise, interest on Yii will slowly dissolved.
I truly feel that Yii is such a fine framework – yet neither CI or Kohana, or developers of other frameworks, ever worry about Yii as a competition … because it is so had for a beginner php programmer to learn it.
Nevertheless, if Yii is targeted at php pros MAINLY who will take months to analyze each page to figure it out … then I will stand aside and shut up.