Any advantage in doing this in java over php/mysql

hargi · 31 Aug 2010 at 09:01

Need to produce a website.

Its basically going to be a big database driven site, with 4 different tasks.

1. Selected users can log in and upload word/excel files or web links to a secure area and add tags to.

2. Other users can log in and see these files / web links for the tags they have selected or use a search facility.

3. The site displays some files that are general to all and are ok to be seen by the general public

4. The system emails all users every month telling them what files have been uploaded that are relevant to them.

I'm thinking that php/mysql would fit the bill. But as I'm trying to learn Java I wondered if this would be do able and how much more difficult would this be.

TIA

FabienO · 31 Aug 2010 at 09:52

No.

It's a PHP/MySQL project.

slylittlefox · 31 Aug 2010 at 10:00

FabienO said:
No.

It's a PHP/MySQL project.

No.

It's an anything you want it to be project. You'd do it in PHP/MySQL, he's learning Java - so why not use Java? Every feature can be readily coded using Java.

It's a simple enough project once you get your head around JSPs etc. If you've got any books on learning Java there should be a chapter in there to start you off, otherwise just Google "How to JSP" and that should be enough.

The only problem with coding a web app in Java is finding a place to host it. Glassfish/Tomcat support comes at a premium.

JonB · 31 Aug 2010 at 11:03

Take a look at the play framework.

Some of the other java web-frameworks are god-awful (for beginners) and make kittens die.

FabienO · 31 Aug 2010 at 12:51

IE you can do it... with stipulations.

I still say do it in PHP/MySQL. It's one of the easier languages.

hargi · 31 Aug 2010 at 13:00

My web host does not support Java so its PHP/Mysql which to be honest I know more of.

If i wanted to do parts or all of this with AJAX is it worth making it in PHP first and adapting it or just going straight to AJAX?

JonB · 31 Aug 2010 at 15:35

What if a user has javascript disabled?

Always make it work in PHP first, then add the javascript/AJAX niceties afterwards.

fez · 31 Aug 2010 at 16:25

JonB said:
What if a user has javascript disabled?

Always make it work in PHP first, then add the javascript/AJAX niceties afterwards.

Im still not convinced that we need to accomodate people without javascript turned on in this day and age. If it is for a particular group of users that dont have javascript enabled then yes, but otherwise you are just making more work for yourself for the 0.5% of people that have turned it off.

People still use IE6 but I dont test my sites beyond IE7. Diminishing returns.