Browsing around i bumped into Moo Tools. A really nice javascript framework that it’s lightweight and object oriented. You can get it at mootools.net and be sure to check their demo page. It has nice examples of the power of the framework!

Chris Shiflett comments on the recent James McGlinn of del.icio.us to move the the Symfony, a PHP (it’s dynamite) framework.

In addition to mentioning that most pillars of Web 2.0 are written in PHP:

Flickr , Facebook , Digg , del.icio.us , Wikipedia

He goes on to say the Ruby guys are limp wristed fart sniffers….in so many words.

http://shiflett.org/blog/2007/oct/delicious-php

Cake is a rapid development framework for PHP which uses commonly known design patterns like ActiveRecord, Association Data Mapping, Front Controller and MVC. Our primary goal is to provide a structured framework that enables PHP users at all levels to rapidly develop robust web applications, without any loss to flexibility.

www.cakephp.org