[KLUG Members] Scripting language

[bill]

Here's the key line of your request:

"I have been asked to create a fairly involved webstore as a test of my ability
to learn new types of scripting"

Having done websites for a long time, I'm convinced that PHP and MySQL are the
best place to start, hands down.

Perl is difficult to learn, but useful for -other- things.

Postgres is difficult to learn, but useful for -other- things.

Php was developed for the web.  It is easy to learn, and rocks like nothing else
for the web.  It works with almost anything, and if the humoungous code base
available doesn't have what you want, it has the best support newsgroup I've
ever seen, so you can roll your own.

MySQL is fast and easy.  I've had it run millions of queries a month for
websites without a hitch.  It almost never goes down, and data integrity is
usually maintained if it does (you don't lose data).

The two integrate well, and are faster, cheaper, more reliable, more available
and easier to develop and maintain.  If you want to pass this test, use these.

All other arguments have some other non-web related reason for using them.
Anything from MS is security challenged.

Avoid javascript.  Any serious script will crash half the browsers and they'll
blame your code.  Some browsers will have different capabilities and it will
work weird, and they'll blame your code.  Some browsers have all client-side
scripting turned off, so you lose all your functionality, and they'll blame your
code.  Been there, done that, don't do it anymore.  Do your scripting
server-side.

kind regards,

bill hollett

Andy wrote:

> 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
> 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
> 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
> 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.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
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