Our needs are so unique theses open source carts would need a lot of modification.
------------------------ Keith Smith --- On Sun, 1/20/13, Kevin Brown <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kevin Brown <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2:34 PM Have you checked out the preexisting Ecommerce systems, like Ubercart? > > I need to upgrade an ecommerce site that serves a virtual company. It > actually does more than ecommerce. None of us are in the same community. We > are spread to the winds. So we rely on the web to make it happen. Our > current solution was written in PHP 4 by someone else. I upgrade it to PHP 5 > about 4 years ago. It is full of patches, some old code and some new. Part > is MVC and other parts have HTML and PHP mixed together with DB code. It is > time to do a complete makeover and add a ton of functionality. I've been > looking at CodeIgniter for the project. However Java has jumped up on my > radar again. I say again, because I have studied and played with Java > multiple times over the past 10 or 12 years. > > As I think about this, I think we can use Java to do the web app, and > potentially create a desktop app to allow the operations folks to have access > with an app that runs on their Win or MAC PC's. Potentially maybe even a > smart device app. > > Any thoughts are always appreciated. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Sun, 1/20/13, Bryan O'Neal /<[email protected]>/* > wrote: > > > From: Bryan O'Neal <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:38 PM > > The question I have is what you are doing. If it is small with few > hits and non stateful data use PHP or even rails. If you are doing > an massively scaled ecommerce site then you use java. It is a > matter of which does what better. As for the individual thinking > java was client side, I suggest that perhaps you are thinking java > script not java. Java is server side and processed tomcat or jboss. > Personal I like java :) > > On Jan 20, 2013 12:24 PM, "keith smith" <[email protected] > </mc/[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am in the process of planning a web project. I'm thinking > possibly using Java. To this point I have done all my web > projects using PHP. I know there will be a learning curve. > > My main question is the availability of Java programmers. It > seems there is a lot of PHP talent available for PHP > projects. I like that there is a lot of availability of PHP > programmer because that makes my apps supportable if I move on > or am otherwise not available. > > I have not met a lot of Java programmers, so I assume they are > not available the same way PHP programmers are. In other > words I think I can visit Gang Plank HQ and find a hand full > of PHP programmers that I would fee good about pulling into a > project. I'm not sure I can say the same with Java > programmers, however I have not paid much attention when it > comes to Java programmers. > > You thoughts are much appreciated!! > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > </mc/[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > </mc/[email protected]> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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