# Why should I use RoR, or django, or cake?

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**Created:** [January 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-should-i-use-ror-or-django-or-cake/249499 "2008-01-19T11:55:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-should-i-use-ror-or-django-or-cake/249499/1 "2008-01-19T11:55:43Z")

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web applications all seem to use a popular framework, but I don’t understand how these are tailored to meet specific demands (short of doing a blog-type site/photos/digg clone)

You might need to state the obvious, but what are the advantages of using a framework versus hard coding all your website ?