What are the main differences between the popular web frameworks?

Question

There are lots of web application frameworks available these days, for pretty much every language out there. In your experience, what are their strengths, weaknesses, and uniqu

Answer 1

This is an incredibly subjective question.. and that's a tag you ought to add to your question. As several comments have already suggested, you've already specified a pretty good guide; what are you actually asking? There's a billion opinions about this sort of thing and definitely no right answer!

Personally, I started using .html, moved onto php, tried ruby (hated it), discovered Python / DJango.. and have been happy ever since. That's a very unique path to take though (probably) so your mileage may vary :)