Re: [WEB400] RE: PHP Support Coming for iSeries!

[Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now, I am not saying that you should replace all of your Java programs. I am 
like you Joe, use the right language for the job. If you are writing an 
enterprise application, PHP may not be the best language. If you are writing 
a simple corporate web site, Java may be too complex.

What I meant by my email was that if you needed, you could integrate this 
with RPG for simple sites.

On 5/12/05, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> My biggest issue with PHP (and other scripting languages) is this:
> 
> PHP doesn't (AFAIK) support anything like the JSP Model II architecture,
> which is a completely decoupled MVC design. It seems to me that the
> idea in PHP is that a form on one PHP page is designed to be posted to
> another PHP page which processes it. This is just like JSP Model I, and
> evidence shows that this architecture doesn't work well with
> enterprise-level applications.
> 
> On the other hand, PHP is outstanding as a method to throw together
> quick web pages. Only Python might have a better set of library
> functions available to allow you to quickly and easily build great web
> sites with dynamic data (note the difference: web sites with dynamic
> data are not the same as web applications).
> 
> The issue is whether or not you want to divide your web presence into
> multiple segments and use different programming techniques for each. If
> forced to choose one, I would (no surprise here) choose JSP Model II,
> and put up with the slightly longer development curve for simple
> applications. So the question is whether or not it makes sense to
> promote web development models where different parts of the web
> presences use different development strategies.
> 
> A good example of an argument "for" PHP comes from Charles Martin:
> "Software engineering issues such as robustness, safety, reusability,
> and portability seem far less important than time to market, speed of
> implementation, and ease of maintenance. Web scripting languages such as
> Tcl, Perl, and PHP seem made to order for this set of priorities."
> 
> If your business is more worried about time to market than robustness
> and safety, then scripting languages have a certain appeal.
> 
> Joe
> 



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