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Looks interesting. I like the modular approach the author seems to be taking. Keep the core small and extend with modules. However, there are some things I don't get about Nectar:

- it is meant to reduce the barrier to entry, but from what I've experienced, Laravel does a very good job at lowering it, - it seems like the framework doesn't come with Composer [1] support built in, which means you can't import all sorts of awesome packages out of the box, - other frameworks are modular, namely Laravel, Symfony, Silex and a lot of others: what does Nectar provide that these well established and battle tested frameworks don't?

I'm not trying to hit on Nectar, but I'm not sure I see its added value (yet).

Thanks for the feedback! My main goal here is to recreate the workflow I'm used to with Zend (with a bunch of customized stuff I've added over the years) without all the bloat of Zend. Its more of an experiment than a finished product (started it wednesday of last week). I plan to add more tools and composer is definitely on the list. :) I guess this really stems from me not liking how ZF2 works, but not wanting to give up a workflow that works really well for me (from ZF1). I think that there are a lot of developers in the same boat as me, and I really just want to build on it and make it better.

I definitely see the ZF1 influence here. Disappointed to see that application.ini made the jump--ini's are a really annoying format to work with.

I don't mind ini's. What format do you prefer? I thought about going with YAML for the configs instead since I'm already using it for the database schema...

I have never used Zend (except for the JSON parser once I think). What do you like about about ZF1 that you don't find in ZF2 ?

Its more what I don't like about ZF2. Just going through tutorials it seems like everything takes twice as long as it did in ZF1. I like where their heads are at making it modular, but it seems to come at a cost when development time is concerned (ie do a whole lot more now so you can reuse your code later)

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