This article was funny and yet sad... I thoroughly enjoyed the Ajax world popup that crashed my I.E. when I clicked on 'close this window'. When we were evaluating on how to build our internal apps a big part of the decision came on how we would continue support on the back end we decided to go against Java. Working with Java for web applications is like pulling a toe nail with a pair of pliers, not fun stuff. Setting up a prepackaged system in LAMP or using Xxamp depending on your platform is much easier than getting an environment working for JSP type pages. Even compiling Apache/PHP/MySQL from source is easier than working with Java web technologies.
My .02 on the matter. Anthony Wlodarski 646-285-0500 x230 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Gales Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:12 AM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: [nyphp-talk] Why do "cool kids" choose PHP to build websites instead of Java Thought this might be of interest: http://php.sys-con.com/read/457324.htm James Anderson writes (in his response to the article): The really simple answer is that after the release of php 5, php became the better language... -- T. Gales & Associates 'Helping People Connect with Technology' http://www.tgaconnect.com _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
