What are new web driven applications coded in?

Westwood · 6 Sep 2011 at 10:33

An old client/friend of mine approached me because he wants a bespoke web based application created. It will involve bulk loading data that has been collected in spreadsheets and a lot of printing/pdf exporting. I have not done any programming for years and last time I made a website it was just HTML/CSS. What do people use to make quality web applications these days?

On a side note - from talking to him this project will be way too big for me to take on (aside from the fact I don’t even know what to code it in

) so it could mean he is looking for someone. Does anyone here have the relevant experience and the time at the moment? Obviously I would provide more details before you have to commit.

It is for a business based in Kent.

Thanks.

Throrik · 6 Sep 2011 at 10:38

PHP, ASP.NET, Python, RoR etc.

Rich43 · 6 Sep 2011 at 18:58

Try this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18289730
(Little biased since its mine)

robotSocks · 7 Sep 2011 at 13:31

avoid Python - it's very poor.

either ASP.Net MVC or Ruby are far more suited to RAD web app development.

Ross1234 · 7 Sep 2011 at 13:32

I have started learning Ruby on Rails. It is rather good, and what all the cool kids use.

st00dent · 7 Sep 2011 at 13:33

Nothing wrong with Python

GravyMonster · 7 Sep 2011 at 13:34

robotCocks said:
avoid Python - it's very poor.

Really? Tell that to Google

fez · 7 Sep 2011 at 16:26

Doesnt make too much difference what language you code it in but you might want to think about hosting costs.

A.N.Other · 7 Sep 2011 at 16:27

robotCocks said:
avoid Python - it's very poor.

either ASP.Net MVC or Ruby are far more suited to RAD web app development.

Spunkey said:
Really? Tell that to Google

Words mouth taken from.

RobH · 8 Sep 2011 at 00:50

Whichever language you use you will need a framework on the backend if it's anything more than a simple application, these are the main ones for the big programming languages:

Python - Django
Java - Spring MVC
.NET - ASP.NET MVC
PHP - Zend Framework

GravyMonster · 8 Sep 2011 at 09:00

fez said:
Doesnt make too much difference what language you code it in but you might want to think about hosting costs.

For a freelancer/one man band this is a good point. The prevalence of ASP.Net and PHP hosting means they are by far the cheaper options.

However, if you're looking at an enterprise level web app, then you should be looking at having at least one dedicated server in which case the choice of language is down to what suits the job.

UK-AL05 · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:53

robotCocks said:
avoid Python - it's very poor.

either ASP.Net MVC or Ruby are far more suited to RAD web app development.

What? Talking rubbish.

Xelene · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:28

robotCocks said:
avoid Python - it's very poor.

wtf are you on about?

Rich43 · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:46

Python:
https://www.pylonsproject.org/
http://bottlepy.org/docs/dev/
https://www.djangoproject.com/
http://web2py.com/
http://www.zope.org/the-world-of-zope
http://plone.org/
http://code.google.com/appengine/

Plus awsome database ORM:
http://www.sqlalchemy.org/

robotSocks · 9 Sep 2011 at 14:01

sldsmkd said:
wtf are you on about?

PaulStat · 9 Sep 2011 at 14:25

avoid python......huh? It's a great language, with some really good frameworks supporting it, especially for relatively small projects. Not sure anyone would choose to do a major e-commerce site in it, but for small projects it's great!

Rich43 · 9 Sep 2011 at 14:42

PaulStat said:
avoid python......huh? It's a great language, with some really good frameworks supporting it, especially for relatively small projects. Not sure anyone would choose to do a major e-commerce site in it, but for small projects it's great!

For e-commerce, you would use a off the shelf product and customize it to your needs. It has been done to death.