On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> writes: > >> If the shop is entire a PHP shop, and no one knows python, then >> rewriting things in Python and Django is a really bad idea. > > It can be done well; see “Transitioning from PHP to Django on the sly” > <URL:http://pyvideo.org/video/2233/transitioning-from-php-to-django-on-the-sly>. > > The presenter emphasises that one of the more important requirements is > to convince everyone: the management, the developers, even stakeholder > customers/users. > >> I've worked in shops before where one person comes in with a new >> language, writes some code, then leaves, leaving us stranded as it >> were. > > Right. On the other hand, I've worked in shops where the big PHP code > base is seen by all as a legacy code base, and the stakeholders were > quite open to being convinced to migrate — provided a clear migration > path. > > That's what the above presentation goes into. I recommend it.
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