Re: More buzz wanted


Alvin Ryder wrote:
frebe73@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
My question is where is all the buzz, "what's hot", especially for web
apps?
mySql + PHP, Python + Zope, Ruby on Rails. A Prolog dialect? Something
else?

I think PHP already is the most used language for web development. And
it just seem to become more and more used every week. Just look at the
number of hosting providers that supports PHP. Apprently it is possible
to host PHP applications at a very low cost. Development using PHP is
also rather easy (compared to Java anyway).

I am also speculating in that we rather soon will see a Apache module
for server side JavaScript. It seem to be rather obvious that
JavaScript is the main language for the client side of web
applications. It is a problem that a web developer need to use one
language for the client-side and one for the server-side. Switching to
JavaScript on the server-side would eliminate that problem.

Fredrik Bertilsson

Great thanks for you reply Fredrik. I must say I was quite inspired by
your PHP/SQL version of "the RCM challenge". Would that PHP code be
embeded inside a web page or can you put it inside some other kind of
non-html file?

I've built up a little library of PHP "helper" functions for common
web-related stuff. Big all-encompassing frameworks are a huge hassle if
the framework does not handle something you need. Helpers are easier to
toss, ignore, or rework if they don't do what you need. Frameworks you
marry, helpers you only date so you can dump them easier if they nag
you too much or become high-maintenance :-)

Over time they get better and better as you learn what works and what
doesn't. One drawback is that PHP does not have named parameters for
optional features. However, you can emulate them in various ways.

For more info on "helpers":

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HelpersInsteadOfWrappers


Cheers.

http://frebe.php0h.com

-T-

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