Re: [DUG] Web development

2011-06-05 Thread Paul A Norman
Also don't forget that if needed you can even write your own extensions to php in Delphi utilising Serhiy Perevoznyk's php4delphi http://users.telenet.be/ws36637/php4delphi.html and http://sourceforge.net/projects/psvlib/ for both Delphi / kylix And also a link as noted before

Re: [DUG] Web development

2011-06-05 Thread Neven MacEwan
My 2 cents worth for someone looking at Web Dev now Options 1. Go with the mindless horde (M$, C# .NET) 2. Go with the alternative mindless horde (ROR) 3. Go for the Money (Java) 4. Go alternative (PHP) I never used Delphi for PHP but highly recommend Nusphere PHPed as a Delphi like IDE and

Re: [DUG] Web development - PHP or not PHP?

2011-06-05 Thread John C
I use PHP already for many years and I like as it integrates nicely and easily with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. And as Rohit explained, no matter what language you use, for more advanced application you got to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript any way! Speed might be an issue for some applications

Re: [DUG] Web development - PHP or not PHP?

2011-06-05 Thread Neven MacEwan
John Debugging PHP poor? Breakpoints, hover-over variable values, step into what more do you need? I agree with the speed thing though, No need for compiled code until you get to facebook size. I always thought the concept of a PHP VCL a little strange, The statelessness of webservers and

Re: [DUG] Web development - PHP or not PHP?

2011-06-05 Thread Rohit Gupta
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Re: [DUG] Web development - PHP or not PHP?

2011-06-05 Thread Rohit Gupta
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Re: [DUG] Web development

2011-06-05 Thread Rohit Gupta
. Perhaps others have a better suggestion? What do others use? Should I bite the bullet and jump to RoR or upgrade to D2011 or something else? Steve __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6182 (20110605

Re: [DUG] Web development

2011-06-05 Thread Paul A Norman
On 5 June 2011 19:13, Neven MacEwan ne...@mwk.co.nz wrote: My 2 cents worth for someone looking at Web Dev now Options 1. Go with the mindless horde (M$, C# .NET) 2. Go with the alternative mindless horde (ROR) 3. Go for the Money (Java) 4. Go alternative (PHP) I never used Delphi for PHP

[DUG] RE Data validation.

2011-06-05 Thread Marshland Engineering
After a bit of experimenting, it seems that the OnValidate is triggered once you leave the dbEdit box and it is before the Post is committed. This means that you get a message directly after the box you have just entered the data into. This words great for data validation across many forms,

Re: [DUG] Web development

2011-06-05 Thread Neven MacEwan
Paul Yes, read a lovely phrase on the ROR site, Rails is opinionated software. It makes the assumption that there is a “best” way to do things, and it’s designed to encourage that way – and in some cases to discourage alternative This I think is a huge problem in handling the

Re: [DUG] Web development - PHP or not PHP?

2011-06-05 Thread Neven MacEwan
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