Searching for the One True Framework

No, I don't really believe there is One True Framework. But I am thinking about future web architecture directions for our group.

I'm going to write a series of posts comparing and contrasting a few different languages and framework combinations. These frameworks seem to be emerging as leaders in their language / platform niche:

• Django (Python)
• Catalyst (Perl)
• CakePHP (PHP)
• Rails (Ruby)
• Wicket (Java)
• Grails (Groovy)

That list in no particular order by the way. I don't think I could sensibly look at all of them or do them justice. And it might be smarter to pick a language first and then evaluate the frameworks available for it. But at this stage I'm going for "breadth" first and then I'll drill down into more detail.