ircmaxell: Framework Fixation - An Anti Pattern
ircmaxell: Framework Fixation - An Anti Pattern , short summary: delegation of architecture decisions to frameworks may not be optimal or even wrong only use frameworks when doing prototypes or projects you don't need to maintain frameworks don't save time/money in the long term frameworks don't make it easier to hire good programmers using a framework prevents developers from understanding backgrounds not all framework developers are super heroes (look at the bug trackers ...) favor libraries over frameworks Quotes: Most of the monolithic frameworks are red herrings...solving problems of yesterday The typical mantra of "just let a framework do it for you" helps nothing except creating brainless code monkeys. ( source ) My opinion: frameworks are not so bad, but you need to evaluate them very carefully before using evaluation means checking code quality, features AND performance matching the specific problems of your business choosing the wrong framework throws...