Re: FN-FORUM: Technology Choices

date posted 10th May 2006 09:27

Quoting Jeremy Aston [EMAIL REMOVED]

> My technology choices have been largely influenced by factors other =20
> than concentrating on syntax preferences. For example scalability =20
> and ease of cross platform deployment have had to be taken into =20
> consideration on a number of projects. Coupled with that is the =20
> ability for a team of people to
> be easily able to maintain the application. Accessibility, ease of =20
> branding and skinning, internationalisation and so on are also =20
> important.

I agree completely.

By the way, talking about cross-platform deployment, the number of =20
platforms that Perl runs on is incredible (see =20
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlport.html#Supported-Platforms). I believe =20
it's second only to C.

> In order to meet these requirements the choice is not just about
> language but about architecture. An MVC approach with with CSS
> driven (X)HTML on the front end, supported by an application server
> back end, perhaps with XML as the glue - along with JavaScript and
> AJAX (degradable of course for the accessibility side :-) ) - is the
> typical formula for my projects. The language(s) this is implemented
> in is another question of course.

That's sounds pretty similar to my approach too.

> My personal opinion is that either a Java or .NET 2.0 centric
> foundation offers the best match but you can pick a language such as
> Perl and do it.

I'd be very interested in hearing why your opinion points towards Java =20
and .Net. I understand that there are more programmers arpund with =20
those skills, but other than that I'm not sure what the advantages =20
are. I'm certainly far more productive in a more dynamic language.

Dave...