Re: What the hell is C-Sharp?

From: Andrew DeFaria (Andrew_at_DeFaria.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:31:37 GMT

rick.huby@e-connected.com wrote:

> I am a Java/JSP kind of guy. One thing I have found using PHP as
> opposed to Java for websites is that it is SO easy to knock websites
> together.
>
> The resources out there are amazing. Loose typing means I can cut
> corners etc.
>
> Hosting is bloody cheap!

Exactly!

> Java on the other hand is more effort - but IMHO gives you more stable
> code. Strong typing and compilation mean you can erradicate SO many
> errors that can otherwise slip into the code.

While it is possible that strong typing may catch some errors, it has
been my experience that often you are chasing down strong typing errors
and fixing them when in reality they would never actually cause a problem.

> c# being like Java (strongly typed etc.) and with such emphasis
> (certainly through the development environments) on SOAP and
> Enterprise Scale development are probably more suited for the bigger
> projects.

I agree. But I would add that being "big" is not the only qualifier.
There are jobs that are suited to such technologies. They tend to be
larger projects but that does not translate to all large projects
therefore need such a solution.

> Me as a developer looks at it this way. For smaller, simpler web apps
> PHP is great due to flexibility, ease, speed and support. Java and C#
> come into their own when the scale of a project is more significant.
>
> Before I am pulled apart for underestimating PHP, or being a poor
> coder etc. I'd just like to point our that I think PHP is great - as
> is Java and C# - but each as their own best place in the world.

Exactly! Couldn't agree more. 

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