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Re: Java Problem Mon, 11 August 2003 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
I'd like to make a quick distintion here, between web designer, and web developer.

Web Designer : yes, this can be someone out of high school, they use PhotoShop, Dreamweaver and Flash to make designs of sites. They know HTML/CSS and rudamentry JavaScript

Web Developer : This person makes the site work, they develop the backend databases, front end wizadry etc etc. This person will generally know HTML/CSS more advanced JS, then their chosen scripting/programming language and database.

ok, now I got that out of the way Smile

PHP is now the biggest and most widely used scripting language on the net. Earlier this year it 'officially' took over from ASP, I say 'officially' as there is no exact science, but from all reports it did, and now most certainly has. True, it wasn't designed to do hard core transactional things, in this sense, something like Java is most certainly better, as its a programming language, not a scripting language. One big website that uses PHP is SourceForge, tho being an open source website what can you expect Smile I think big companies problems with PHP is basically it doesn't cost anything and is open source. Close the source, charge some insane price for using it, and they will immediately think, ah, costly must mean good quality! whereas they associate free with crap. The language is just and strong and in all reality, stronger and more flexible then cfm and asp. One of the guys I used to work with HATED doing asp, as things that took 5-6-10 lines in asp you can do in a single line or sometimes a single command in php, its just so much better. Whereas ASP is a web implimentation of VB, PHP was built for the web, so it makes so much more sense to use it.

Anywho, enough of my fanatical rambling Smile Here's a nice artical, tho slightly incorrect in some of its facts http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/21795.html

In terms of databases, php natively supports oracle but most people use mysql being as it is free, and is once again designed for the web so for a web implimentation its much better then oracle or MsQL, which php also natively supports. Plus you can use a database abstraction layer so it doesn't matter what db you or you clients are using. Thats probably the other best thing about php, its so portable. I develop on windows but deploy on unix. I could use a database abstraction layer and develop on mysql and deploy on oracle, its just so damn flexible
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