I’m looking for some advice from my readers. I’m looking at developing some web applications to support my business. A lot of it will be data entry that will be saved in a database and then some simple data processing done to the data. I will also need multi user access with authentication and authorization functions.<\/p>\n
My server is currently LAMP based: Debian 4, PHP 5, MySQL 5, Apache 2.2. So a solution built around this platform would be easiest to implement, and I also have basic PHP coding skills.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the options I’m considering:<\/p>\n
1) Roll my own application from scratch based in PHP. More work, but more flexibility and less learning.<\/p>\n
2) Install Drupal or some other CMS and build modules. Will get a nice CMS too but need to learn a bunch of stuff and the type of apps I need to make will still require significant effort.<\/p>\n
3) Use some kind of PHP Rapid Development Framework. Again, this will require more learning, but again has the flexibility of not being tied to a particular CMS’s requirements. But then the question is which one? CakePHP, Prado, Horde?<\/p>\n
4) Switch over to Ruby on Rails which is supposedly the easiest way ever invented to code web apps. Means installing and learning a new platform and language from scratch.<\/p>\n
5) Something else?<\/p>\n
Any ideas or feedback?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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