Karl Guertin wrote: > On 10/19/06, Adam Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with Karl though, avoid PHP if at all possible. > > I don't say that. I say "use each tool for what it's good for". If > you've got a one or two page app that displays a list of something > (files, mysql rows, pre-formatted pics) PHP is a very fine solution. I > tend to write such pages in PHP and advocate doing so because it's > easy to write and deploy. If you go beyond that and into any sort of > serious app (modern blogging engine, web forum, multi-page forms with > validation, CMS, etc), PHP is not the best solution. For those I > recommend a fourth generation* web framework.
Sorry, I meant that in the context of building/managing a site to replicate the current hyperlinked spreadsheet/word document combination. I agree with you about where PHP is appropriate, but I would still hesitate to use it as my experience has been that most simple one or two page apps manage to expand until they are doing much more than you ever intended. -Adam > > * I consider the generations to be: > > 1. generated static html, ssi > 2. cgi/perl > 3. *SP, PHP, etc > 4. Full stack dynamic language (Rails was first) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
