Rick Grehan
Rick Grehan is contributing editor of the InfoWorld Test Center.
by Rick Grehan
MLstate's Opa streamlines Web app development with a single language for client and server, but the bright promise is not without pitfalls... more
Zend Developer Cloud woos PHP developers with enterprise-grade development features, snapshots for easy recovery and project sharing, and the promise of single-click cloud deployment... more
Django combines excellent backward compatibility, good admin tools, and a focus on developer ease... more
Built on the foundation of repoze.bfg, Pyramid is powerfully flexible but takes time to figure out... more
Web2py combines abundant features and powerful tools, backed by excellent documentation... more
Zope 2 provides everything you need in one package, including the database and development environment... more
Web.py is a well-balanced, minimalist framework that's easy to install and easy to learn... more
CubicWeb tackles rapid Web app development with modular components and object reuse... more
CubicWeb, Django, Pyramid, Web.py, Web2py, and Zope 2 give Python-savvy Web application developers powerful and diverse options... more
The Zend Framework offers a comprehensive feature set and popular components in return for a significant time investment... more
CodeIgniter combines an easy installation with simplicity and flexibility, but is limited in features compared to competitors... more
CakePHP combines easy installation with command-line tools that jump-start development, striking a good balance between small and large... more
Symfony offers extensive features such as excellent debugging and logging, but the learning curve is steeper than most... more
Alternative PHP frameworks offer such advantages as code generation, prebuilt modules, and application performance... more
Zend Framework, Symfony, CodeIgniter, CakePHP, and other PHP frameworks conquer Web development with extensive features, powerful tools, and superior ease... more
Microsoft combines all-in-one installation, a gallery of templates, and coding shortcuts to speed dev and deployment of Windows-based websites... more
A wide-ranging flock of Python IDEs offer great options for Windows scripting, GUI applications, Web frameworks, multilanguage development, and more... more
With WYSIWYG prototyping environments and preconfigured graphical components, rapid Web development tools can help you build applications faster -- but with less flexibility... more
Eclipse PDT, NetBeans, NuSphere PhpED, and Zend Studio lead a capable field of IDEs for Web developers... more
Amazon's Relational Database Service provides an easy escalator into the cloud for existing MySQL applications... more
Pillars of Python: Django Web framework
