[thelist] ASP/open source/static/dynamic sites pro's and con's

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Subject:  RE: [thelist] ASP/open source/static/dynamic sites pro's and
      con's


> From: "Tony Crockford" <tonyc at boldfish.co.uk>
[...]

>> I can't see why they need to, since the information will not be
>> changing once created in the database, just growing as they add to it.

>well, that may be true today, but if you build a system well, that
>little fact just might change...

Because requirements inevitably change, and you need to provide
enough flexibility to enable that. It's entirely likely that some degree
of run-time functionality (like delivering subtley different templates to
different user agents to maximise compatibility) will appear at some
point.

>that and what happens when they want a quick site-wide change?
>open 6*9*6000 pages and do a massive search and replace?  what
>if they want a layout tweak?  or they want to edit a few entries
>because they found spelling errors?  plan for the most extreme
>case and scale back from there...

Although an SSI solution would support most of these use-cases.

> So far I have:
>
> Pro's of my system:
>
> The static site should be faster,

>- the static site *may* be faster, but with a good server and a good
>db, that might only be a matter of milliseconds...

...although that may depend on the level of traffic you're getting.
But as part of 'a good server', if you have server caching (RAM
based if at all possible), you shouldn't have many issues anyway.


Cheers
Martin


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