Re: RE: PHP Support Coming for iSeries!

Well... that is where a wiki could be used for (hint David ;-) ). The 
community could help develop something for this. Otherwise another avenue 
would be the imho.midrange.com <http://imho.midrange.com> blog. You could 
post your thoughts on there for others to follow.

On 5/12/05, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I agree, Mike. PHP is a great tool for certain jobs. I think what I'm
> most worried about is that we're getting TOO MANY choices now. I just
> got done doing a mentoring session on JSP Model II, and because I have a
> very focused syllabus, my clients came up to speed in a just a couple of
> days. They're already pushing the envelope of my architecture and
> figuring out how to extend it for their specific needs. Had I instead
> tried to address all of the possible approaches, they'd still be in the
> theory stage rather than designing working applications.
> 
> I *think* what I'd like to see is a set of guidelines as to when to use
> each approach. If we could as a community come up with three or four
> (or even half a dozen) basic scenarios and have a skeleton approach to
> each, then I think we'd see a lot more movement forward. The problem is
> not the programming; we're business application developers, which means
> we're for the most part pretty darned good programmers. The problem is
> getting started, and the more choices people have, the more chance they
> have to fall into "analysis paralysis" and then nothing gets done. And
> this is where the Midrange Alliance folks wander in with their
> technically inferior but oh so pretty out-of-the-box "solutions".
> 
> Joe
> 
> > From: Mike Wills
> >
> > 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.
> 

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