Agree 100%. Don't assume that just because you use JSP, or any other language, your program is going to instantly "scale well" and be easy to maintain. You can write crappy, inefficient code in any language. You can also write good programs in most any language if you put the proper planning into it before hand.
It all comes down to using the language you know well enough to make your program efficient. If you decide to use JSP, great, I wish you all the best. If you decide to use PHP, great, I wish you all the best and we'll be here on the mailing list to help. ---John Holmes... PS: Sorry for the top-post, OE sucks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Blanchard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jean-Christian Imbeault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:46 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] PHP vs. jsp, advice please [snip] I'm worried that PHP won't scale well. And by scaling I don't mean under heavy load, I mean maintenance wise :) I can't imagine having to do a feature upgrade on a PHP project with more than 100 files ... (this file requires that file which requires that one and so on ...) [/snip] This is really a planning issue. PHP scales extremely well maintenance wise if you plan the application well. IMHO a lot of PHP developers operate fast and loose because the language allows it, therefore planning is glossed over and maintenance issues get out of hand. Conversely there are many well planned large scale PHP projects that do not suffer from the maintenance problems you describe. I have seen this problem in other apps using other languages...so I think that this is a moot point. Jay -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
