[ale] PHP vs. J2EE

[Michael D. Hirsch]

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 03:32 pm, Chris Fowler wrote:
> I'm looking at solving a simple problem with a simple solution.  Problem
> is that I'm not sure of what language to use.  The only benefti of J2EE
> is that I can have back end agents in Java collecting data.  Then the
> web app can communicate with the agents to get that data.  I see PHP as
> a way to insert dynamic code into a static web page that executes when
> the server loads the web page.  Is this the correct view of each.
>
> I really want an agent collecting data and the web interface collecting
> info from the agent.  the agent will communicate with 100 devices.  I do
> not want the PHP to have to communicate with 100 devices when a user
> hits the refresh button.  What are my options?

You might try alien ( http://njet.org ).  It's very php like, but runs in 
the JVM so you get the ease of php with java easily available.

I haven't used it, but was very intrigued when I saw it.

Michael
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