What do you think of version 3 open source version? Buck -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:44 PM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: MySQL IDE and Language (long) Buck wrote: >I want to thank everyone for their suggestions. I spent all of this >afternoon looking them up and doing searches on the internet. > >I was leaning towards the xBase languages since I am so familiar with >the code. I have decided, instead, to use MySQL for a database engine. >It appears to be big enough to handle anything I can create and it is >apparently the most popular database in Linux. According to MySQL.com, >MySQL is compatible with Oracle in speed. > >What I am looking for now is an open source RAD or IDE that will help me >develop the user interface. An acronym, LAMP stands for Linux, Apache >Server, MySQL and one of either PHP, Perl or Python. > >I thought PHP and Perl were html languages, but I guess they are a lot >more than that. I believe someone has also suggested Java. I'll have >to decide on a language. > >I didn't do too well when I tried to learn C over a decade ago. I am >wondering with all its popularity, if I shouldn't learn one of the >internet's languages such as Jave, Perl or PHP. > >I believe my decision will hinge on a balance of these things: >A Popularity >B Support >C Power >D Flexibility >E Development speed and ease >F Ease of learning >G Execution speed >H Ease of Debugging > >(these are in no particular order) > >Some of you may know other languages that fit my requirements. If you >do, I appreciate your input and I'll look up your suggestions. > >Thank you for taking time to read this long post. I appreciate all your >inputs. > > 1. Download kylix [2 OE preferably], zeos, freeclx, indy, dbControls; 2. install all of them; 3. read the manual for an hour, specifically about the database; 4. do what the manual tells you to do. By tomorrow you'll come here again saying you've solved your "problem". jd >Buck > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
