Review on Yii by Joseph Reed

I have no doubt that this is one of THE best open source frameworks out there. It gets you up to speed quickly (compared to other) without being bloated or complex. If you need something more than CRUD applications, then it may not be for you. We needed an easy/quick way to get our application off the ground while still providing some custom functionality (not easily done with any framework). A simple admin panel which was easy enough for non-technical users to use as well as administrators who didn't really want to spend time writing code themselves.