For what you describe... If it were me doing it. I would be looking first to Rails, and a secondary at Java. This is exactly in the wheelhouse of Rails and Django. Kevin On Jan 20, 2013 2:30 PM, "keith smith" wrote: > > I need to upgrade an ecommerce site that serves a virtual company. It > actually does more than ecommerce. None of us are in the same community. > We are spread to the winds. So we rely on the web to make it happen. Our > current solution was written in PHP 4 by someone else. I upgrade it to PHP > 5 about 4 years ago. It is full of patches, some old code and some new. > Part is MVC and other parts have HTML and PHP mixed together with DB code. > It is time to do a complete makeover and add a ton of functionality. I've > been looking at CodeIgniter for the project. However Java has jumped up on > my radar again. I say again, because I have studied and played with Java > multiple times over the past 10 or 12 years. > > As I think about this, I think we can use Java to do the web app, and > potentially create a desktop app to allow the operations folks to have > access with an app that runs on their Win or MAC PC's. Potentially maybe > even a smart device app. > > Any thoughts are always appreciated. > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > > --- On *Sun, 1/20/13, Bryan O'Neal > * wrote: > > > From: Bryan O'Neal > Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP > To: "Main PLUG discussion list" > Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:38 PM > > The question I have is what you are doing. If it is small with few hits > and non stateful data use PHP or even rails. If you are doing an massively > scaled ecommerce site then you use java. It is a matter of which does what > better. As for the individual thinking java was client side, I suggest > that perhaps you are thinking java script not java. Java is server side and > processed tomcat or jboss. > Personal I like java :) > On Jan 20, 2013 12:24 PM, "keith smith" > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am in the process of planning a web project. I'm thinking possibly > using Java. To this point I have done all my web projects using PHP. I > know there will be a learning curve. > > My main question is the availability of Java programmers. It seems there > is a lot of PHP talent available for PHP projects. I like that there is a > lot of availability of PHP programmer because that makes my apps > supportable if I move on or am otherwise not available. > > I have not met a lot of Java programmers, so I assume they are not > available the same way PHP programmers are. In other words I think I can > visit Gang Plank HQ and find a hand full of PHP programmers that I would > fee good about pulling into a project. I'm not sure I can say the same > with Java programmers, however I have not paid much attention when it comes > to Java programmers. > > You thoughts are much appreciated!! > > ------------------------ > Keith Smith > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >