php + .net = greatness (Page 1 of 2)

Rawr. That's certainly interesting

sounds like you've already made up your mind ...

because they brought in anders hejlsberg (the creator of Delphi) to create it for them.  .NET is actually something they did right IMO.  using mono you can develop for nix and windows.  If I'm not mistaken, gnome is using mono for their development (I could be wrong about this one though).

.net lets you create language extensions for it so that you can write .net apps in python, C#, vb, C++, perl, fortran, and a ton of other languages.  the cool thing about this is, that it allows you to use the php framework, and .net framework however you wish.

being able to write a file saying:

using ( StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter("foo.txt") ) {
    s.Write("blah");
}

as opposed to:

$fh = fopen("text", "a");
fwrite($fh, "blah");
fclose($fh);

is just one of the ways that they've taken what we've all been doing since the 60's and made it easier to write, override, and manipulate.

I like multiplatform open solutions and .net / C# isn't that great for me as for scripting languages for C#, Java, .Net there is for example multipurpose Python (also Jython - written in Java, Iron Python written in .Net). Ruby in simillar position. PHP as a versalite scripting language is a bit limited.

Well he was the brainchild behind Delphi, very smart individual. Delphi kind of died after he left, not because of a talent drain, just because those in the know, knew that M$ was going to squash another promising technology.

from the looks of it, this is able to do just that.  granted, under the hood, its .net not php that way.

you should be able to (at least in windows) create CCW's of your .net dll's and invoke that from within PHP through COM, but Phalanger looks pretty promising for that type of thing.

in microsoft's world, the technology is only going to change when they've over complicated .NET, much like they've done with MFC.  Whatever technology allows me to keep a 6 figure income is the one I'll be using, whether it be C#, or PHP, or Java or assembly.  all programming technologies basically work the same, so its just a matter of learning the nuances of that technology and how it exploits hardware better than others.

zaher, for the net, I like PHP and for the desktop, I like XUL after using Komodo for the last year.

MadHatter, 6 figure incomes are hard to sustain over time, no matter how well you keep up with technology.

Nop, .net not free because you can not use it without Windows .
My Friend start to discover the XUL...

MadHatter, i think we need another 10 years to take a decision about this case , before 10 years (or more) i was make discusses about Java and Delphi with my coworker, but now Delphi dead and many of languages was born.

I can wait, if my age allow me to do that

I agree to some degree, but the fact remains, I have yet to encounter a Java application that doesn't feel sluggish or consumes lots and lots of memory. The fact that the UI never really matches the operating system on which it is running doesn't help. Java works fine for server applications, but it's not quite there when it comes to desktop apps.

Well swing and swt both use the local operating sytems system calls to render its widgets. As for slow UI's a lot falls into the hands of the developer (as it is for any language). Take Azureus for example its UI runs at the same pace as any other windows application, because it was developed right

Java supports locals better than .NET does. Swing can easily load arabic language packs.

Hey, chin up

I've done it many times, had to re-tool for a new generation of silicone. It gets easier over time, because you don't become an expert at any one thing, you skim the surface so to speak. Learn enough to get by, to do your job, but don't sink too deep or else, you're digging yourself out again.