Re: PHP in the University and Corporation

Hello, I teach internet programming part-time and my findings are that the "best" language to learn for the web - for students - is php because it is more affordable and easier to learn for the students. The instruction the school provides does NOT include php. I added instruction in php as a "bonus". I teach students database design and then when it comes time to talk with the database I show them php. The students are amazed at how easy it is to connect to their database! When I see the students graduate, for the most part php is their preferred language - and that's just squeezing the php subject in less than 20 hours. I still agree that the "best tool for the job" is the way to go for commercial applications, but I encourage anyone teaching to introduce php as the superlative alternative it is, if only as a "bonus" instructional feature. Marketing hype is powerful, but ease of use and affordability is powerful too. Richard Creech http://www.dreamriver.com "Chris Lott" <chrisl@thethirdsector.com> wrote in message <snip> > Many institutions, like the one I teach for, are entrenched in ASP and Java <snip> > Also, these programs are typically staffed by a cadre of aduncts. If you > have PHP skills and teaching skills and you can basically donate your time > for the peanuts that are offered (and the fun of it), there is a place for > YOU to help promote PHP. > <snip> > often, in my experience, PHP is slow to be adopted in the corporate > environment because MS is so entrenched, and because MS' firm establishment > on the desktop means hiring MS people, who naturally promote and hire other > MS people, and administrators often equate using other technologies with > abandoning their desktops. <snip> > c > -- > Chris Lott > http://www.chrislott.org/