RE: FN-FORUM: help - PHP vs. dotNET again.

date posted 6th February 2008 14:17

On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 18:20 +0000, Ben Johnson F wrote:
> Mark Pawelek wrote:
> > Move into the 21st century with seaside:
> > using the Dophin community edition IDE.
>
> Some interesting ideas going on there!
>
> Like the idea of writing lines of workflow code that span several page
> redirects without worrying about how information is passed between pages,
> etc. Great for implementing more complex business logic.
>
> Also very interesting is the iterative/RAD tools the framework provides.
> Switching on debug mode enables "Halos", which allow components of the page
> to be customised within the browser (e.g., customising appearance via CSS
> rules, which are then persisted). If the implementation is sensible, that
> sort of on-the-fly tweaks would be a great time saver.
>
> My main concern would be the hosting and support issues associated with any
> immature web technology. Hopefully the innovative ideas in Seaside will be
> incorporated into frameworks for more established technologies.
>

That does look really interesting. Has anyone used this in anger? Is it
fast/scalable enough for practical use?

One thing I've found since I've been working freelance is that I've had
less scope for experimenting with interesting new technologies.

Has anyone had a good experience developing with something other than
the usual LAMP/Java/.Net stacks?

Graham

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