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    "title": "Which is Lighter, Silex or Aura.Web_Project?",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Always remember that there is no such thing as \u201cbloated\u201d or \u201cheavy\u201d or \u201clight\u201d; there is only \u201cheavier\u201d or \u201clighter\u201d or \u201cmore bloated\u201d or \u201cless bloated\u201d in comparison to something else.</p>\n<p>\u2026 let\u2019s go with that article [on Silex] and use its approach to make a comparison between Silex and Aura.Web_Project to see if my earlier claim, using the terms and measurements outlined by the Silex post author, is accurate.</p>\n<p>\u2026</p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the number of package dependencies, disregarding how similar functionality is split up between packages, then Silex is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the total disk usage, Aura.Web_Project is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the total NCLOC, Aura.Web_Project is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the total class count, Aura.Web_Project is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the acutual-usage class count, disregarding how similar functionality is split up among classes, then Silex is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by the actual-usage NCLOC, Aura.Web_Project is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n<li>\n<p>If you measure by how many classes \u201cfor the most part\u201d are in the public API, Aura.Web_Project is lighter.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<p>In 5 of the 7 measures put forth by the original Silex article, Aura.Web_Project is the lighter of the two.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Via <a href=\"http://auraphp.com/blog/2013/12/23/lightness-silex-vs-web-project/\">Which is Lighter, Silex or Aura.Web_Project?</a></p>\n"
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