Is Yii The Right Choice For Us?

General Miscellaneous
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Hello,

we are currently in the planing phase of a new and very big project and so we are looking for the right framework for us…

The Application will have a complete ExtJS frontend and a php/mysql backend.

Is YII the best choice for us here?

And will it make sense to wait for YII2?

Thanks for your suggestions,

Urkman

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Yii is a great framework. Just start work. We have completed 2 big projects in yii framework. Dont wait for Yii2.

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Yii is the best framework.

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Try Yii and Symfony.

And pick the one you like to work with.

It really depends on your development style and what you need from a framework.

There is quite a few really large applications written with Yii, so that is not a limitation.

I think where Yii falls short is testing.

Although you can do quite a lot, it is not as feature complete as testing in Symfony.

I guess you’ve read the blog post by Weavora Team?

I have to admit that it made me want to use Symfony.

However, the reason why I’m using Yii is that it gives me more flexibility and because I like the way it works.

It’s highly subjective, though.

Which is why I suggest that you try out Yii and Symfony, and perhaps a few other frameworks.

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Hi jacmoe,

thanks for you answer :)

I already made some project using Symfony, but there is a lot overhead, that we are not using.

So we are looking for something else, that is a little bit more lightweight and that brings me to YII :)

That’s what we need:

  • a good and fast MVC

  • a good bridge to ExtJS 4.x

  • a nice, fast and robust ORM or AR (create the models from DB)

  • Commandline support, because we have a lot task, that will be run periodically

  • easy extendable

Yes, thats all :)

But we will not start a new project using YII 1.1…

Because, the new project will be a huge one and we need to support that for the next 5 or more years

Thanks,

Urkman

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Here is what you want:

http://www.ext4yii.com/

Hopefully :)

May I suggest that you start with Yii 1.x ?

Yii 2.x is still a long way from being released.

My projects are going to be upgraded to it in parallel (separate upgrade branch) and then merged in when it’s ready.

The overall Yii-ness of Yii will not change, so take it as an opportunity to refactor your app as part of the upgrade process.