Re: [LUG] PHP as opposed to C#

Same opinion here!

Jaan

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Alan Jones <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Richard,

Not suited to larger sites? - Facebook and a dozen other "mega size" sites run under LAMP (linux apache MySql Php)
PHP is easier to maintain, has heaps of add-ons, caches very very well indeed and has far more developers if you need to put stuff our for a little help!
Plus, its rarely the compiler language that holds things up on large sites - its normally misconfiguration or bad programming!
Optimize your code - Pay close attention to far future expiry headers, use e-tags or properly versioned files, gzip all your output, place good optimised CSS high in the document, place as many scripts as you can at the bottom - use a good CDN and you can get PHP to perform at breathtaking speed!

Alan
Richard Brown wrote:
Hi Guys

Just got this from a developer I am working with on a large project.
Can anyone offer me insight please?

"in terms of the platform development, im thinking about switching
from using php to c#. the downside to this is the requirement for a
windows server and the problem of running visual studio (c# ide) on a
mac! so this affects the running costs of the platform, but there
could be a massive long term saving. c# is alot nicer for development
especially for big platforms, its also compiled to machine code so a
webserver can serve more users alot more efficiently. php is ok but at
the end of the day its still a scripted language, and its not well
suited to such big platforms (in my opinion at least). i will most
likely be moving to c#, unless you can think of any problems this may
pose?"

Thanks.
  
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