Rakesh,There are several hosting providers where you can get relatively cheap Tomcat hosting. I have been using ubiquityhosting myself, and running several Liferay sites on it for only $8 a month. (More details here: http://steveonjava.com/2009/06/26/running-liferay-on-shared-hosting/) If a monster Java portal like Liferay can run on their setup, then whatever you are building should work fine. There are also several other ISPs that provide shared Tomcat hosting, and should also work for your purposes.
Another option would be to deploy to Google App Engine (http://code.google.com/appengine/), which is free up to a certain quota. The only downside is that you have to fit your application within their constraints (which might not be a big deal if you are starting from scratch).
If you are a Java expert, I would strongly caution you against trying PHP. Within a few days you will be ripping your hair out from debugging obscure errors that the Java compiler would have picked up. A few weeks in you will wish you had robust server-side frameworks like Spring and Hibernate. If you ever make it to deployment you will get burned from obscure SQL injection or PHP script hacks that break security. (speaking from my experience...)
Good luck! Cheers, --Steve Rakesh wrote:
Hi,so my neighbor has asked me if i could put together an application for him.Something to do with booking available slots for teachers. Anyway, I only know the usual Java technologies.Will this be an issue? Or would I have to learn php or something because hosting it would be more cheaper and easier?Any help appreciated, R --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group.To post to this group, send email to [email protected].To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
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