Thanks you very much for this detailed and extremely helpful reply. I've been looking into LCDS and it's certainly amazing, although probably more than I need for now. It's something I am going to keep my eyes on for the future if I ever need the functionality of offers.
For now, I think I'll look into Java and Remote Object. If anyone has any links they found useful on this topic, I'd be very grateful. Thanks! Tracy Spratt wrote: > > It is not even theoretically possible to determine the "best" of > anything. > > > > You must look at the project, the requirements, both business and > technical, the proposed environment, everything. All that said, if > there are no budget or technical constraints to consider (working for > God, maybe?), there are some popular, powerful combinations out there. > > > > For long term enterprise level solutions look into LCDS. Paging, push, > messaging, a bunch of stuff I have not needed yet. Big-time > functionality, big-time cost. > > > > Many people swear by Java and Remote Object, because of the ability to > pass strongly typed objects around. It is also very fast, probably the > fastest protocol. (But transmission speed is rarely the bottleneck) But > there are third party programs that permit this with other back-end > platforms like .net. (e.g. webOrb). > > > > Stay clear on what tier does what. HttpService, WebService, > RemoteObject, sockets, etc do not communicate with databases. They are > protocols for communicating with a back-endServer platform. Code on > that platform communicates with the database. And which database? > (rhetorical question) > > > > End to end design of a large project needs major commitment from many > people, and there will be compormises on all sides. The business side > almost always wins, by the way. > > > > We, on this list, have yet to come up with a consensus on *anything*, so > good luck with that. > > > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Sceneshift > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Best language for remoting > > > > > Hey guys, > > When building larger applications with bigger database interactions, > which > is considered the best language to develop the back-end environment in? > I > have been using PHP in most of my projects, but using AMFPHP to pass > objects > just seems really clunky... It seems as though Adobe are pushing > ColdFusion, > but I was wondering what the general consensus is on which methods > (webservices, remoting) and languages are considered to be the best for > communicating with databases. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Best-language-for-remoting-tp20905438p20905438.htm > l > <http://www.nabble.com/Best-language-for-remoting-tp20905438p20905438.ht > ml> > Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Best-language-for-remoting-tp20905438p20906756.html Sent from the FlexCoders mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
