I think frameworks are always a debatable topic, no matter which programming language you talk about. I personally am not even sure whether using a framework in every project you do, is such a good idea or not. But anyways, thats a separate topic. I just think that you should atleast know about the capabilities and usefulness of frameworks so if you have to use them, you should be able to.

As I have not used any Flex frameworks till now in any of my Flex projects , I wanted to give it a try. And I started looking which one is the best for a small project I was gonna start. I have heard about Cairngorm and PureMVC in the past, but I have also heard that they have a slightly steep learning curve involved. It might make sense when there is a large team working on a single project so to make sure everyone follows a common approach, but in my case, since the entire development team size is limited to just one (myself) , I wanted something simpler. Something I dont spend much time learning. 

Thats when I found out this excellent framework comparison article by Jeremy Wischusen. The article clearly discusses the strength’s and weaknesses of the available Flex frameworks and after reading this article, making a choice was quite easy for me. I am really glad I read this article sooner than later.

Now, only if there was such an article somewhere for the 30 or so ColdFusion frameworks as well !!!