[eluser]swhitlow[/eluser]
Not to offend you here Colin - But, CI is the team that put the so called "magic" in there to begin with. So, apparently you're telling me they are bad designers and developers and don't think things through? I would hope not.
No, I like CI for everything it offers. I look at scaffolding as a tool. Not a crutch. Sometimes developers can get a little too high and mighty and think more of themselves to the point of re-usable code is for degenerates. When in fact, the whole idea behind a framework is re-usable code! Scaffolding included.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with creating a quick way to start a development project. Yes, Cake has that feature. But, they are clear on their website as well that it is a quick way to get something going for prototyping (which was what I was needing to do real quick) and not for your actual project. Which, again, I completely understand.
I would email you on this but I would imagine you only stick to the local postal office. Since email would probably be a little too much "magic" for ya.
Please don't take offense to this. I am not flaming at all. I just wanted to explain my side of the story with your analogies that you put together so well.
Well, I'm off to go get a whopper!
p.s. just a quick footnote - thank you Colin for responding to this post. You did help clear things up as far as the availability of the features that CI has. And just for the record - I think CI rocks and I love it! I would just like to see some additional features thrown in here and there, that's all.