I'm with Rey Bango team: ColdFusion is a great alternative.
2006/11/22, "Jörn Zaefferer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> First of all: apologies for this non-jquery related question, but since > there are many experts in web-development on this list, I dare to ask it anyway. > > Our company is looking for a way for 'quick' web-development. Small > webapps consisting of a few webpages with some minimal database interaction. > > We currently develop everything in Java (including webapps), but I find > the whole cycle of developing, compiling (java class files, EJBs etc), > deploying, JNDI setup, db resource setup and recompilation (of the jsps) too heavy. > Additionally, for applications with a limited number of users (50 would be > a > huge userbase in this case), I think that a clustered multitier > application > server (our current deployment platform) is waaaayyyy too complex. > > I would like to propose a (any?) scripting language as alternative. > > Without making a choice for any language, I am looking for arguments why a > dynamic scripting language in general would be better. > Of course, I am also interested in language characteristics. I know PHP > pretty well, but the other languages are, from a technical point of view, unknown to me. So server infrastructure isn't a problem? Then you have at least the free choice. Ruby, with Ruby On Rails (RoR) as it's webapp stack is still quite popular. I think it's worth your time learning it. PHP is supported by nearly every webspace hoster and therefore my first choice if nothing else is supported. It's quite likely that you find developers that have experience with PHP, though that may be self-tought... If you want to stick with your Java infrastructure, checkout JRuby. It allows you to run Ruby inside a JVM. And those guys are working hard to get RoR running, too. JRuby gives you all the great Ruby stuff and access to all Java APIs. Otherwise, you may want to check some great Java frameworks. I think spending some time with JSF + Facelets + Spring + Hibernate can give you a really great stack. JSF is rather difficult to learn, but a great choice when combined with Facelets. It lifts a lot of boilerplate code and is therefore usefull for small webapps as well as very large ones. If your developers are firm in Java anyway... -- Jörn Zaefferer http://bassistance.de -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
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