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Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP] Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 / TODO From: Phil Driscoll (phil <email protected>)
Date: 10/13/00

>I'm now wrestling with whether to develop new projects in PHP or Java.
>PHP is obviously the practical choice right now. The only thing that
>bothers me is whether there are "hooks" or trends toward using PHP with
>something other than a HTML browser. Where platforms like Java and
>REBOL have an edge is that they also have their own GUI. There are many
>times when browsers don't behave the way we would like. What happens
>when people demand more user interface that a browser can provide? Will
>XML and Gecko save the day, or will Java/Swing edge ahead?

We have written some browser side Java applications which communicate with
stuff running on the web server via http requests. The server side programs
are actually CGIs written in C, but could just as easily be PHP. This gives
us the opportunity to provide a user interface that would be impossible to
implement in html/javascript (in our case a parametric CAD system) but with
all the advantages of centralised server side processing where appropriate.

Getting the Java to work across all browsers an platforms, especially for
advanced stuff (such as printing :-)) is at least as nightmarish as making
html and javascript work.

Cheers 

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Phil Driscoll
Dial Solutions
+44 (0)113 294 5112
http://www.dialsolutions.com
http://www.dtonline.org

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