On: Why I Hate Frameworks (2005)

[loupeabody]

Funny enough, one commenter on this article advocated Rails:

"I don't want to start yet another religious war, but for a nice respite from the complexities of J2EE frameworks, check out Ruby on Rails. I'm playing with it now and it is a pleasure to work with."

I was actually surprised to see this is from 2005 too...

[astrodust → loupeabody]

It was frameworks like the ones Joel was railing against that inspired Rails.

A framework should help you do your job, not get in the way.

[brianmcc → astrodust]

(post was by BenjiSmith, just on Joel's site)

[astrodust → brianmcc]

Ah, good point.