Sebastian Krebs wrote:
> 2013/8/21 Curtis Maurand
<cur...@maurand.com>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry in advance for the top post.
>>
>> Use the right tool for
>> the Job.
I've use Java, C# and PHP.
>>
>> 1. I hate the
>> Perl-like object calls in PHP. I'd rather use "."
notation
>> in C# and Java. It saves a lot of wear and tear on
my left pinky
>> finger.
>>
>
>
Actually the problem is, that the dot "." is already in use.
With
> $foo.bar() you cannot tell, if you want to call the method
"bar()" on the
> object "$foo", or if you want
to concatenate the value of "$foo" to the
> result of
the function "bar()". There is no other way around this than
a
> different operator for method calls.
I didn't think
of that. It seems to me there could be an easier operator than ->
which sometimes will make me stop and look at what keys I'm trying to
hit. Just a thought. I forgot about the concatenation operator
which is "+" in Java/C#
>
>
>> 2.
Java and C# are both typed languages. Say what
>> you want,
but I have working with a string like "02" and have
>> PHP convert that to an integer. sometimes I want that zero
in
>> front. If I want that to be an integer in Java it's
"int
>> myInteger =
Integer.parseInt("02");"
>>
>> 3.
>> Java development environments (Eclipses, NetBeans, IBM RAD) are
pretty
>> horrible. Visual Studio is hands down a better
envrionment, even the
>> older versions of it. I've hooked
Visual Studio into SVN in the past and
>> it works well.
>>
>
> Ever tried the jetbrains products? :D (No,
they don't pay me)
I have not, but it looks interesting.
I'll have to try it.
>
>
>>
>> 4 PHP development environments are many and
>>
varied and all of them suck at web debugging. I've used PHPEdit,
>> Zend, Bluefish, Eclipse and a couple others. Bluefish works
better
>> on Linux than it does on Windows.
>>
>
> I use PhpStorm and it works quite fine.
>
>
>>
>> Use the tool for the job at
>> hand.
>>
>> Just my $0.02 worth.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Curtis
>>
>> Tim Streater wrote:
>> > On 20 Aug 2013 at
23:59,
>> PHP List <phpl...@arashidigital.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> While I don't have
any references to back it up - my guess would be
>> >>
that
>> >> Java may be seen as more versatile in
>> general programming terms. A
>> >> staggering
number of
>> enterprise level web applications are built
with
>> >> Java, add
>> to that the
possibility of writing Android apps with the same
>> >>
knowledge.
>> >
>> > To me the salient point
is,
>> does java has as extensive a library or set of
>> > interfaces to
>> other packages (such as
SQLite, mysql, etc)?
>> >
>> >> I
>> would say that, in general, the other teacher is incorrect
speaking
>> >> strictly in terms of web development. PHP
has already won that
>> crown
>> >> many times
over. That said, when I was in University,
>> it was
difficult
>> >> to find a programming class that
taught
>> anything but Java - and that
>> >>
was
>> >> 10yrs ago
>> now. I chalked it up
to the education bubble not being able
>> >>
>> to see what the rest of the world is actually doing.
>> >
>> >
>> Was PHP OOP-capable at
the time? Perhaps the edu-bubble was simply
>> looking
>> > down its nose at PHP. There being lots of courses
proves
>> nothing in and of
>> > itself. 20 years
ago, there were lots of PC
>> mags you could buy, which
>> > caused some folks to say "look
>> how much
better the PC is supported than
>> > other
platforms".
>> Truth was, at the time, such support was
needed given
>> > the mess
>> of 640k limits,
DOS, IRQs and the like, most of which issues have
>> >
ceased to be relevant.
>> >
>> > Anyway, why
should one
>> need a course to learn PHP, assuming you
already
>> > know other
>> languages. It's simple
enough.
>> >
>> > --
>> >
Cheers
>> -- Tim
>> >
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