title: Should I use pure PHP/MySQL for developing web applications?
body: <p>I have been dabbling in programming/scripting languages since I was a kid. I started off with HTML and CSS, then went on to PHP (which I got quite good at) and then to Python, Perl, and C(++). I've recently done a lot of work in PHP (along with MySQL).</p>
  
  <p>After spending so much time <i>learning</i> these languages, I now want to <i>do</i> something with them. I'm looking at starting/contributing to an open source project; almost certainly a web application of some sort.</p>
  
  <p>In my experience with writing (admittedly small) web applications, I've found writing "pure" PHP to be an extremely slow and tedious process.</p>
  
  <p>My question is this: if I were to be writing a relatively complex/large web application from scratch, what should I write it in? Should I use pure PHP/MySQL, or use a framework like Django, Rails, or CakePHP?</p>