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Bootstrap Studio vs Yii: What are the differences?
What is Bootstrap Studio? Powerful desktop app for creating responsive websites using the Bootstrap framework. Bootstrap Studio has an intuitive drag and drop interface, which is designed to make you more productive.
What is Yii? A high-performance PHP framework best for developing Web 2.0 applications. Yii comes with: MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, testing, etc. It can reduce your development time significantly.
Bootstrap Studio can be classified as a tool in the "Bootstrap Tools" category, while Yii is grouped under "Frameworks (Full Stack)".
Yii is an open source tool with 4.87K GitHub stars and 2.21K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Yii's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Yii has a broader approval, being mentioned in 48 company stacks & 29 developers stacks; compared to Bootstrap Studio, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 4 developer stacks.
Pros of Bootstrap Studio
- Shareable components6
- Live preview on local network5
- Multi-platform5
- One click export to HTML5
- WYSIWYG design4
- Linux Versions available2
- Auto-Publish2
- Bootstrap2
Pros of Yii
- Open source42
- Code generator33
- Simple33
- Active record29
- Full featured26
- Documentation21
- High performance21
- Rapid development20
- Flexible16
- Mvc11
- Not bloated10
- Stable Release8
- Community8
- Amazing8
- View Helpers7
- Modular architecture6
- Long Term Support6
- Easy setup, easy develop5
- Easy1
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Cons of Bootstrap Studio
- No php and Database1
Cons of Yii
- Unnatural love of arrays2
- Promotes spagetti code1
- Too Opinionated1
- Promotes bad practice1