Technologies that we use
.. and what makes us pick these technologies over others.
Server Side Programming : We prefer to use PHP
PHP is a cross platform, highly efficient, open source and low cost technology.
Its syntax is similar to C and Perl which is an advantage to us because we are used to this syntax and that cuts development time considerably.
Other widely used technologies in this area are ASP, Coldfusion, JSP, CGI.
We believe PHP is better than ASP because of its cost advantage, syntax advantage, better security etc.
We believe it is better than Coldfusion because Coldfusion is not suitable for complex programming and is very costly as well, which increases over all project cost.
We believe JSP is not very suitable for general web applications. It takes more time to develop using JSP. Using JSP makes sense only when a web application needs to interface with other applications written in Java.
CGI is also open source technology and does not cost any money, but it is an old technology. It has its limitations and applications developed using CGI are slow and cannot handle load well.
Database Engine : We prefer to use MySQL
It is a super fast database engine.
Speed is a very important for web applications and MySQL fits in very well.
It provides sufficient functionality for significantly sophisiticated applications.
Web Server : We prefer to use Apache
More than half the world's total web sites run on Apache. It works with PHP very well and is very secure.
Server Operating System : We prefer to use Linux
Low Cost, High Security.
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