Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?

date posted 20th November 2007 12:54

Hello Carrie,

On 20 Nov 2007 13:19:31 -0000, Carrie wrote
> but I don't think that that meens that they both should be designed
> in the same way - ie that I should design a system that will work
> with hundreds of thousands of customers.

Agreed, and I don't suggest you do. I only mentioned scalability because you
stated previously that if you wanted scalability then you had to write in C
so that your code executed faster. I was just pointing out that scalability
has nothing to do with speed of execution. I didn't mean to sound like I was
telling you that you should change you design methodology in anyway. Like I
said before, its horses for courses.


> It seems that Gary's world is not the same as mine.

Well you'd think so wouldn't you, but you'd be surprised how often
scalability will bite you in the ass if you don't at least have a plan for
what you'll do to scale if you need to.

Besides, scalable solutions tend to be more losely coupled with self
contained services, this aids simplicity and maintainability.

>
> Just another 2p

Likewise.

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Gary Short
http://www.garyshort.org