note 34627 deleted from faq.languages by betz

Note Submitter: David ---- I've been developing web sites & apps for about 7 years and have developed in everything from perl & lasso (early days) to ASP/VB, JSP, and PHP. When it comes to web apps, PHP wins hands down. PHP is the only language born out of the need to develop in the web environment itself. Rapid development time and platform portability = winner. PHP provides so much flexibility. ----------------------------------------------------- Some generalizations: JSP = Way to much JAVA dependency & overkill ASP = Clumsy code and lots of lines to do simple things PHP = Made for the web ------------------------------------------------------ If you are concerned about "enterprise" scalability & performance don't get caught up in which language to use - rather, invest in the right hardware and use PHP!!! Nothing kills a good app better than an awful underlying architecture. - David