AJAX PHP vs AJAX Servlets/JSP

[Timothy Sam]

Which combination would you choose? And why choose that one over the other?

[Miro Ricco]

Java is #1 choice for me always when it's possible.

But you may be limited by hosting which does not support JSP or by your know-how.

[Timothy Sam]

Java is #1 choice for me always when it's possible.

That goes for me too.

But you may be limited by hosting which does not support JSP or by your know-how.

Yeah, we actually had to rent a VPS just to host our java app together with PHP apps. I got another question...

Doesn't AJAX post some security threats? Like the client could send multiple request, cancel it, then send it again and thus gives the server an overload...?

[Bear Bibeault]

I'd go with what you know. Ajax works well with any server-side technology so if you already know either of php or JSP, go with the flow.

[Joel Bushart]

I tend to do prototyping / proof of concept in PHP and Ajax. Then implement the production code in servlets, pojos & jsp for the added security available.

[Branko Santo]

Well looking at how much each combination is applied in real life you could say that PHP Ajax combo rules but knowing that PHP is a lot easier to conquer and pretty much faster for development on simpler projects than that is the advantage it has. On the other hand we all know how strong Java actually is and it is only getting stronger.

Java hosts are getting pretty cheap, not as cheap as PHP ones but close.

[Bogdan Brinzarea]

Java has smoothly entered as one of the languages for the big enterprise applications where PHP has not made it yet. AJAX relates mainly to the front end of an application. I think that choosing between AJAX PHP and AJAX Servlets/JSP resumes to choosing the language for your application.


Bogdan

[Selva Prasad Rajendran]

In big applications which is preferable AJAX/PHP or AJAX/JAVA

[Eric Pascarello]

IT is what YOU perfer and your BOSS says it has to be in. The same front end Ajax code does not care what is running behind it.

Eric