Posted by shimmyshack on 03/30/07 22:36

On Mar 30, 11:11 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Ben wrote:
> > "shimmyshack" <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1175275132.374121.229580@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > This is exactly the type of response I was looking for. My *current*
> > ignorance prevents a rebuttal based on experience so I just listen. He
> > actually said, "Well in ten years no one knows if PHP and Java will still be
> > around but we know M$ will be there." and. "Look at the added development
> > cost of PHP/Java, I could knock this grid out in two hours with M$ and spent
> > a day with this and have nothing." Problem is he's got influence and I
> > totally disagree with the direction....so...plan is to build a working
> > proto-type in PHP/Java/MySQL. So I need to get busy, lack of experience
> > doesn't scare me and I can always fall back on groups.
>
> I can knock this grid out in 1.5 hours!
>
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> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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I know Jerry, this is what I think too: what is the difference between
using an IDE like VS that "helps me get stuff done super fast" and
reusing an abstracted component you write yourself from scratch and
understand, which you store somewhere easy to find later, and can copy
and paste in place, pulling the data from a db and styling with css,
it's why the activegrid guys have done so well!
I appreciate that it might be harder to ajaxify a fully fledged app,
whereas in VS it comes down to highlighting and clicking but I don't
trust the result of those highlights and clicks.

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