OT: Java vs PHP

[Kevin Brown]

  Have you checked out the preexisting Ecommerce systems, like Ubercart?
>
> I need to upgrade an ecommerce site that serves a virtual company.  It 
> actually does more than ecommerce.  None of us are in the same 
> community.  We are spread to the winds.  So we rely on the web to make 
> it happen.  Our current solution was written in PHP 4 by someone 
> else.  I upgrade it to PHP 5 about 4 years ago. It is full of patches, 
> some old code and some new.  Part is MVC and other parts have HTML and 
> PHP mixed together with DB code.  It is time to do a complete makeover 
> and add a ton of functionality.  I've been looking at CodeIgniter for 
> the project.  However Java has jumped up on my radar again.  I say 
> again, because I have studied and played with Java multiple times over 
> the past 10 or 12 years.
>
> As I think about this, I think we can use Java to do the web app, and 
> potentially create a desktop app to allow the operations folks to have 
> access with an app that runs on their Win or MAC PC's.  Potentially 
> maybe even a smart device app.
>
> Any thoughts are always appreciated.
>
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> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Sun, 1/20/13, Bryan O'Neal 
> /<Bryan.ONeal at TheONealAndAssociates.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Bryan O'Neal <Bryan.ONeal at TheONealAndAssociates.com>
>     Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP
>     To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
>     Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:38 PM
>
>     The question I have is what you are doing. If it is small with few
>     hits and non stateful data use PHP or even rails. If you are doing
>     an massively scaled ecommerce site then you use java. It is a
>     matter of which does what better.  As for the individual thinking
>     java was client side, I suggest that perhaps you are thinking java
>     script not java. Java is server side and processed tomcat or jboss.
>     Personal I like java :)
>
>     On Jan 20, 2013 12:24 PM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com
>     </mc/compose?to=klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I am in the process of planning a web project.  I'm thinking
>         possibly using Java.  To this point I have done all my web
>         projects using PHP.  I know there will be a learning curve.
>
>         My main question is the availability of Java programmers.  It
>         seems there is a lot of PHP talent available for PHP
>         projects.  I like that there is a lot of availability of PHP
>         programmer because that makes my apps supportable if I move on
>         or am otherwise not available.
>
>         I have not met a lot of Java programmers, so I assume they are
>         not available the same way PHP programmers are.  In other
>         words I think I can visit Gang Plank HQ and find a hand full
>         of PHP programmers that I would fee good about pulling into a
>         project.  I'm not sure I can say the same with Java
>         programmers, however I have not paid much attention when it
>         comes to Java programmers.
>
>         You thoughts are much appreciated!!
>
>         ------------------------
>         Keith Smith
>
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