I have a project that is currently all over the place and i’m thinking of making it MVC.
The problem is that the system is currently being used and I can not change the interface (It’s in frames :s) Also there are certain things that I will need to handle myself such as password generation, login and user levels.
I already have the model side down of the MVC so I am wondering is it worth using a framework like Zend Framework or CakePHP or just to code my own View and Controllers to work around this problem?
I am going to have to work this in slowly and I’m not sure if i will be able to do that if I use one of the ready made frameworks.
Normally I would recoil in horror and advise against bringing yet another web MVC framework into the world, but it’s fair to note that our hosts Joel and Jeff have another opinion on the matter:
From Joel: In Defense of Reinventing the Wheel
From Jeff: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel
One last thought: If it’s a one-person project, then you only affect yourself with this choice. My resistance would spike up if a team developing a long-lived product was involved. You may do a disservice to the team and the customer if you roll your own.