[thelist] From PHP to...?

[Steve Cook]

Hej Hendrick,

Excellent question! I don't know the answer but I have some opinions
regarding this. My experience is in Perl / ASP (VBScript) / PHP. I've had
very little contact with Java, especially on the server side, but the
contact I have had makes me question what the major gains are with Java
servlets and JSPs.

I'm currently evaluating some Java Servlet code for a book chapter. Setting
up a Java Server was pretty straightforward with Allaire's JRun developers
edition. The fun seems to stop there though! I'll admit that I haven't gone
through the rigmarole of learning the directory layouts, the differences
between servlets, jsp, Jini etc (in more than the most base levels), but it
looks hellishly overcomplicated to me.

I guess that at the end of the day, server side Java can accomplish pretty
much anything that can be accomplished with other forms of serverside
programming. I guess that if one is predisposed to programming in Java (or
is used to C++) then it's a wonderful environment. What I'm very unsure
about though is whether serverside Java can do anything extra that would
make it worthwhile for the non-Java programmer to change over. I would like
to hope so, but in all the conversations I've ever had about it I've not yet
heard one single point that would make me consider taking the time to learn
it.

I would LOVE to hear of some really good reasons though. Perhaps someone
here has been programming in this environment long enough to be able to
explain what the advantages are?

.steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hendrik Mans [mailto:hendrik at mans.de]
> Sent: den 21 februari 2001 15:17
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thelist] From PHP to...?
<SNIP>
> 
> So, to anyone on this list who knows both languages/platforms 
> and possibly
> even made this jump him/herself before: can you tell me what 
> changes (in
> terms of development paradigm) I can expect when I move from 
> PHP to Java?
> Are there any "must have" books/HOWTOs/websites I should buy/read/know
> about? And, most importantly, is this jump actually worth it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Hendrik
> 
>