I have been programming with PHP for a long time. I have worked on simple and complex projects. I have worked with spaghetti code and awesome code. One thing I learned about programming that still rings true today is
KISS (keep it simple, stupid - thanks to my High School Teacher for this). Codeigniter more than meets that concept.
It is...complex in its simplicity.
It has exceeded my expectations in more ways than you can imagine. I have done, in my opinion, some awesome prototypes and projects using Codeigniter. I have WOWED clients with it's ease of use and documentation. Codeigniter is AWESOME!! As my plate becomes less full, my plan is to start contributing in ways that will assist the CI community.
I don't listen to haters because they don't impact my work...I impact my work. I know what works for me. Every framework goes through it's highs and lows but what makes CI awesome is the fact that it was able to pick itself up, dust of the dirt and still be in the conversation as one of the top five best frameworks there is today...and let's not forget that Laravel would not be if it were not for CI (read the history).
