Popular vs. Great
February 1st, 2006There is a good discussion about Popular vs. Great framework by Bruce Tate.
In short,
* Lots of fans == successful framework == popular framework
There are a whole lot of poor frameworks with lots of fans, like EJB 2
* Great framework != successful framework
Some frameworks have great technology, but never experience broad success
* Great framework != successful programmer
Good technologies sometimes fail spectacularly
* Popular framework + great framework == successful programmer
When you can choose great and popular, you should
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