[Klug-general] Web Scripting Languages

[Karl Lattimer]

> 1) Python - my very limited understanding of this language leads me to
> believe that this is very powerful, very quick and fairly easy to use.

cherrypy and cheetah are cool for templating, lets you do more than PHP
in python, not without security concerns but any dumb schmuck can
introduce a security bug into any app. Basic best practices keep you
straight, same as PHP. 

> 
> 2) PHP - The language I know best.  Very powerful, however it's not
> without security risks.  I have been led to believe that the majority of
> these have been patched in the more recent versions, however it is
> resource intensive.

Its a good language, and works well, if you know it, stick with what you
know ;)

> 
> 3) CGI - as I understand it, this is mainly done in Perl. It seems to be
> incredibly powerful and does everything that PHP does but in a more
> efficient way, provided that you can program the code accordingly.

FUCKING SECURITY NIGHTMARE!!!!!! an absolute mine field, difficult to
learn, less flexible than php, less efficient than python, less secure
than windows 95. I did 2 years of perl-cgi coding, its horrendous
everything is generated by code, no way to embed snippets in templates. 


> 4) SSI - easy to use and learn, doesn't need external programs as it is
> integreated into Apache.

never used it.

> "Use this language because it's just the best damn language on
> the net right now!!!"?

That would be ruby on rails, try it if you like ;)

K,