On Nov 14, 2010, at 8:14 AM, [email protected] wrote: > as far as frameworks go, personal preference goes to django/rails, but then > that might just be because they use python/ruby over php :P > (something to do with this perhaps? > http://www.hermann-uwe.de/files/images/programmer_hierarchy.png) > happy with whatever you pick if you feel use of one is beneficial.
As much as I use Python, I still prefer PHP for web stuff, but that's hardly an educated preference. (I've never used Ruby and haven't used Python on a web server.) My reasons were: 1. I'm comfortable in PHP and don't feel the need to impress people by turning my nose up at it. ;) 2. It's already in use for the wiki, so we know it's available, and the original plug-in lister thingamabob is written in PHP (although we don't have a copy and may have to re-impliment it from scratch anyway). There's some value to having everything use the same technology across the site, but it's hardly a requirement. 3. PHPMarkdownExtra. I'm addicted to having it available, but that's just me. So the community can decide if those are good reasons. I'm inclined to say whoever has time to start working on it right now gets to pick. :) It would be stupid for me to insist on something I prefer knowing I won't have time to get in and work on it for quite a while. If it ends up being alien to me, I can always contribute content if not code. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/>
