Top Sites in Kenya November 24, 2009
Posted by phlexdev in Drupal, Ext Js, Flex, jQuery, Kenya, Mootools, Programming, Prototype.js.Tags: Capital FM, Drupal, Ext Js, Flex, Haiya, jQuery, Kenya, Mootools, Programming, Prototype.js, Safaricom
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The fiber optics connections to Asia(Seacom and TEAMS) finally arrived in Kenya. Question is, what technologies are used by the websites that receive the highest hits? I decided to do some digging, and here is a quick snapshot of the results based on Alexa:
| Site | Server Side Lang. | CMS | CSS | Javascript |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Nation | – | – | YAML framework | Mootools plugin_js |
| @Home Portal Kenya | PHP | Joomla | – | Mootools |
| Standard Media | PHP | – | Dynamic Drive DHTML code library | – |
| Capital FM | PHP | – | – | Prototype Scriptaculous Mioplanet News Ticker Google Maps integration |
| PataUza | PHP | – | – | – |
| Safaricom | PHP | – | – | – |
| Haiya | PHP | Drupal | – | jQuery |
Clearly, PHP currently rules on the server side, possibly because of its cost implications and the availability of quality CMS with which it easily integrates. I expect to see more of ASP and Ruby based sites as the developer community grows.
Exploitation of available Javascript utilities is limited, with jQuery and Mootools being used to add a few effects for the menus. I would expect more sites to have AJAX to enrich the user experience using such libraries as Ext Js or even Prototype.js.
As far as the duel between Adobe Flex and Microsoft Silverlight is concerned, no front runners have emerged so far.
Code is my bond 