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    CakePHP

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    N/ACakePHP is a free and open source PHP framework.N/A

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    CakePHPNext.js
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    Open Source
    If you need to create simple CRUD applications using a MVC framework, I could say CakePHP could achieve this. But with frameworks like Laravel on the market, I would have a hard time recommending CakePHP for anything.
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    I love using Next.js — it's my go-to framework for new personal projects and work projects. The local development environment is quick, easy, and fun to use. The framework it uses, which puts an API that runs node in your pages subdirectory, is absolutely genius. No more middleware! It's good for quick projects and big projects alike. I wouldn't use Next.js if I did not want to heavily rely on serverless tech.
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    Pros
    Open Source
    • Easy learning curve
    • Can be used by new developers without paying a formation
    • The MVC is pretty well implemented
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    • Serverless API integration
    • MDX (Markdown) Support
    • Ease of Deployment via Vercel
    • SSR React Pages
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    Open Source
    • The biggest issue inherit in CakePHP, and why we switched to Laravel, is the base configuration of the program. Most people aree that CakePHP uses old (outdated, even dangerous) PHP habits. There is some truth in this: Cake has not been as quick to adapt to the newer PHP versions as they should. I was always surprised that with new major releases, from 2.4 to 2.5 for example, that the minimum version of PHP will never increase. For example, CakePHP only requires version 5.2.8 of PHP, but it would not have been difficult to update the minimum version at least 5.3 when adapting a new version.
    • Speed - our company had many issues scaling CakePHP to a medium size application software, even with using REDIS/memcache we would still run into many issues with the built-in ORM.
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    • Window sizing makes handling SSR pages odd, at times
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    • Somewhat of a learning curve
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    Open Source
    Cakephp is more easy to implement and to learn that CodeIgniter. That's why I switched pretty quickly from the first (CodeIgniter) to cakephp.
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    Next.js takes the best parts of React and applies them to a full-stack dev environment. With a built-in serverless API, it's easy to boot up a web application in under an hour. With easy integration with tools like Firebase, Supabase, Stripe, and countless others, Next.js is a perfect tool for getting your idea out into the real world.
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    Open Source
    • Negative Impact - we ended up having to rewrite our entire web-application from CakePHP to Laravel.
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    VERCEL
    • It's free!
    • It saves me a lot of time when writing serverless code
    • Deployment, via Vercel, is fast, quick, and easy to debug
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