As a semi-active blogger in the community, I tend not to worry about what I post, but this one I am. Not because it's highly opinionated but because it deals with frameworks, which means there's a good chance of flame wars and trolls in the comments. Please don't. So, to the post...
Over the last (let's say few) years, I have been heavily into frameworks for my apps. Currently, I have Fusebox 2, 3, 4, and ModelGlue 1, 2 (Unity) applications out there in live environments, all running fine (I know, I know, no Mach-ii, maybe in the future). But recently, at work, I was asked to complete two small projects, and for both, I dumped the frameworks and went with just Application.cfc, quasi-OO components, and one with Coldspring.
Both projects run amazingly, without the need to process and manage quite a few core files (except for the CS project). Don't get me wrong, I'm not in an environment where every millisecond counts, but it's nice when your app executes so quickly with so few files in the debug. This got me thinking though, who is running what out there and for what reason.
I can say that my Fusebox 2 app I did for structure when I was starting out with CF, Model Glue I used for the next logical step after FB4 and getting into a more OO style programming. Then the reason for dumping them all for Application.cfc is speed and ease of use, plus to get my head fully around the Application.cfc template and its workings.
Has anyone else stuck with a framework for a project and realized it was overkill, or either gone the other way and realized that a framework could have saved the day?
n.b. I'm not dumping frameworks in any way! They have a great purpose which for me works fine. I don't see me dumping them for two small projects as anything else but just learning!