PHP Frameworks (CodeIgniter, Yii, CakePHP) vs. Django

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niting picture niting · Apr 5, 2010 · Viewed 29.9k times · Source

I have to develop a site which has to accomodate around 2000 users a day and speed is a criterion for it. Moreover, the site is a user oriented one where the user will be able to log in and check his profile, register for specific events he/she wants to participate in. The site is to be hosted on a VPS server.Although I have pretty good experience with python and PHP but I have no idea how to use either of the framework. We have plenty of time to experiment and learn one of the above frameworks.Could you please specify which one would be preferred for such a scenario considering speed, features, and security of the site.

Thanks, niting

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Cromulent picture Cromulent · Apr 5, 2010

This is a very subjective question but personally I'd recommend Django. Python is a very nice language to use and the Django framework is small, easy to use, well documented and also has a pretty active community.

This choice was made partly because of my dislike for PHP though, so take the recommendation with a pinch of salt.

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