[ILUG] [OT] Which programming language ?

[Declan Grady]

David Dorgan wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 10:13 +0000, Declan Grady wrote:
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>>Basically the program does a lot of simple calculations, lookups from 
>>database tables (none of which are linked) and ends up creating 3 
>>database tables as the output, which are printed and saved for later use 
>>/ modification / printing again.
>>The user interface will have to run on doze clients, preferably a gui of 
>>some sort.
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>Where there has been quite a few ideas put out on the list, but how
>about a very simple web application? This means you aren't tied
>to toolkit, or o/s. 
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>You could use cgi, or jsp, php/mysql etc... It may save you a lot
>of hassle in the long run. Plus debugging and development costs
>are tiny.
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>David
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I think the LAMP route seems to be the way to go. I do like the idea of 
a server and not having to setup individual clients.

Seems I've started a bit of a battle on the list about linux v doze .. 
etc etc .. Sorry.

TBH I use a doze desktop, (had so much trouble trying to get my dell 
laptop screen configured in more than 640x480 in FC2 that I gave up, as 
I didnt have the time to mess with it, and went back to doze), also 2 
linux servers - one deadrat, and one debian.

Thank you to all who replied with suggestions. I'm sure I'll be back for 
help when I hit some problems.

Cheers,
Declan