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@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!! 

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Keith Smith

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