At 05:05 pm 13/12/00 +1300, Nic Wise said:
>BTW, I can't anit-recommend CGI enough - its not a good option at all. ISAPI
>is OK, but its a LOT of work....
>
I assume you meant "anti-recommend", new buzz word Nic, but what the heck.
I've got news for you - CGI programming with Delphi is really great - once
you get past the "recommended" way that people always tell you.
For example, you only need 1 or 2 PageProducers and for goodness sake,
DON'T use the wussy bloody Dataset ones like the TableProducers.
The "recommended" way had me creating a PageProducer for each action - that
required an action, the pageproducer and the OnHTMLTag event all to be
programmed. Once got over the idea that I had to do it the "recommended"
way, it's just a single action for each new request - easily programmed and
not so much code splattering the environment.
Also MUCH more control as well as known outcomes, all without having to
fluff around with threads and shit.
Fully programmable applications producing dynamic HTML instead of windows.
The only problem that I saw was that I had to learn JavaScript (icky yuck)
to some smarts into the client side.
Good stuff - Delphi is an Excellent tool for producing CGI stuff (always
did hate Perl).
Now tell me that Kylix will mean I can produce CGI apps that can run on
Unix servers.
Steve
Steve Peacocke
With the Vizslas Amongst Kiwifruit, Avacados, Pheasants and Quail in the
sunny Bay of Plenty
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