[KLUG Members] Scripting language

[Adam Williams]

>Ok.. I know the answer to this question is based on
>personal experience and preference but I would like to
>know what Scripting language would most prefer to use
>when creating a website. I have been asked to create a
>fairly involved webstore as a test of my ability to
>learn new types of scripting.. etc. I have the choice

I like PHP, and we've used that alot.  C# might also be worth considering 
as there are apache modules for that, and *REALLY* complicated sites would 
probably be easier.  Depends on how complicated your site will be.  PHP 
supported object oriented stuff but can't do things like persistance or 
serialization.

>of platforms (I am trying to do Linux/Apache) and was
>wondering what scripting language may be best for this
>application. I have a book on Javascript (actually a

Depends on the app.

>couple that were given to me) but I know there are
>other languages that may need or exceed my needs
>better than java. I will be using a SQL backend as
>well (I'm familiar with MSSQL and Oracle) which I am


Then you want PostgreSQL,  it will give you all the things you are 
familiari with: transactions, constraints, stored procedures, etc...

>also researching to see what one will give me the
>functionality I desire, and not sure if one language
>is better than another with that type of backend
>either. 

PHP is good if your data operations aren't huge (you don't need to wade 
through thousands of records per operation) and you don't need things like 
"real" object oriented features - protected methods, multiple inheritance, 
etc...

Of course there is no reason you can't use more than one tool.  PHP can 
load and interact with Java objects, etc....