OT: Java vs PHP

[Kevin Fries]

For what you describe...

If it were me doing it.  I would be looking first to Rails, and a secondary
at Java.

This is exactly in the wheelhouse of Rails and Django.

Kevin
On Jan 20, 2013 2:30 PM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------
> 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<http://mc/compose?to=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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