On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 02:54:42PM +0530, Shuvam Misra wrote: > > As what my reading goes about this query is when to use LAMP and when > > J2EE?? For this, many of the Gurus suggested that for mid/small size > > projects, the best option available is LAMP over J2EE and for bigger > > enterprise applications, go for J2EE. > > I feel that there is no _intrinsic_ limitation or inefficiency if you > use one over the other.
I am not really sure about this, considering that PHP and Perl work through Apache modules, while J2EE will require Tomcat or equivalent. Not to mention that PHP is designed to be inserted inside HTML making it ever so convenient to embed dynamic content into essentially simple HTML. And if you still want real juice, you can always recompile Apache with these modules built in, the way apache-perl is provided on Debian. As a matter of personal taste, I would stay away from all things Java as far as possible ... > Other non-technical and semi-technical issues > may become more important in deciding your choice (e.g. how comfortable > does your client feel about sourcing Perl programming resources? I agree on that. But I would suggest that if you want your code to be maintained and developed in the long run by purely enthusiastic volunteers (which seems likely for a school) then go for PHP or Perl. And also be sure to check out all the frameworks that people have designed over the years to make project design and implementation in these languages. Considering scalability, I am not sure designing for 9th and 10th and then using it for all the standards constitutes "scalibility" at all! And given that Slashdot runs on Slash, which is entirely made up of LAMP(erl) (http://slashcode.com/about.shtml), I don't think there is any question about whether LAMP can handle scale. Remember this is the code responsible for the slashdot effect that can bring down enterprise websites due to exceedingly large amounts of traffic! Sameer. -- Research Scholar, KReSIT, IIT Bombay http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~sameerds/ -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
