Comments on: The great web technology shootout – Round 2: PHP deserves a helping hand http://blog.curiasolutions.com/2009/09/the-great-web-technology-shootout-round-2-php-deserves-a-helping-hand/ Technology thoughts and ideas Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:00:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Seth http://blog.curiasolutions.com/2009/09/the-great-web-technology-shootout-round-2-php-deserves-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-589 Seth Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:50:00 +0000 http://blog.curiasolutions.com/?p=278#comment-589 Jason, For small/simple sites, yes--PHP is a great option. But if you've ever tried to maintain a medium-to-large website or web application in "plain old [insert language here]" you'll find that you either wind up building-in some sort of hodgepodge framework yourself, or migrating to one eventually. Things like an ORM, display helpers, and a "real" templating system just add too much helpful assistance to be ignored. My $0.02. Seth Jason,

For small/simple sites, yes–PHP is a great option. But if you’ve ever tried to maintain a medium-to-large website or web application in “plain old [insert language here]” you’ll find that you either wind up building-in some sort of hodgepodge framework yourself, or migrating to one eventually. Things like an ORM, display helpers, and a “real” templating system just add too much helpful assistance to be ignored.

My $0.02.
Seth

]]> By: Jason http://blog.curiasolutions.com/2009/09/the-great-web-technology-shootout-round-2-php-deserves-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Jason Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:37:46 +0000 http://blog.curiasolutions.com/?p=278#comment-588 Thanks for doing these benchmarks! Much appreciated to find them organised like this. I'm actually considering switching back to vanilla PHP. Your tests seems to confirm that PHP is in fact the fastest/lightest/simplest option (if you're not a framework user.) Particularly database access with APC enabled... very impressive. Thanks for doing these benchmarks! Much appreciated to find them organised like this.

I’m actually considering switching back to vanilla PHP. Your tests seems to confirm that PHP is in fact the fastest/lightest/simplest option (if you’re not a framework user.)

Particularly database access with APC enabled… very impressive.

]]> By: The great web technology shootout – Round 4: Pyramid vs Django vs TG vs Rails 2 & 3 - Curia http://blog.curiasolutions.com/2009/09/the-great-web-technology-shootout-round-2-php-deserves-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-287 The great web technology shootout – Round 4: Pyramid vs Django vs TG vs Rails 2 & 3 - Curia Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:07:04 +0000 http://blog.curiasolutions.com/?p=278#comment-287 [...] F/OSS, Web Development [Note: This post is the continuation of a series. Please read Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 first if you are just now joining [...] [...] F/OSS, Web Development [Note: This post is the continuation of a series. Please read Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3 first if you are just now joining [...]

]]> By: Chris Gratigny http://blog.curiasolutions.com/2009/09/the-great-web-technology-shootout-round-2-php-deserves-a-helping-hand/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Chris Gratigny Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:27:42 +0000 http://blog.curiasolutions.com/?p=278#comment-16 Drupal's cache is quick! Drupal’s cache is quick!

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