Re: web programming

On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Michelle Murrain wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I thought (now that I've solved my DBD::Pg problem) that I'd ask a
> fairly generic opinion question. I've been working with postgres and
> php now for about 4 years, quite heavily in the last year. I'm sold
> on postgres, and will continue to use it unless I have compelling
> reasons not to. But I'm debating about continuing development using
> php.
>
> 1) I'm getting better and better at perl - and it's a much more
> mature language than php.
>
> 2) I've been learning a bit about jsp and java servlets - and that's
> intriguing me a lot.
>
> So what's your favorite web programming language to use with
> postgres, and why? Are there speed/performance issues I should think
> about? I'm also beginning to get into XML, so there is another set of
> things to think about.

I prefer PHP, and a close second is C. What's nice about PHP is you
can come in and out of it as needed to add your javascript or just
straight HTML and it's seemless (yes, you can use echo or print statements
to do this, but sometimes it's easier not to). I can also use or not
use the database and it's not visable to the visitor. I did the entire
Pop4 Networking site (http://www.pop4.net) in PHP and it's saved alot of
needless CGI calls. There will be some PHP included in the PostgreSQL
website in the not too distant future as well.

Vince.
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