is your enterprise addicted to PHP

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• is your enterprise addicted to PHP?
• the 12 step program

10.31.2006
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http//www.redmonk.com/public/zend_php_06.odp ht
tp//www.redmonk.com/public/zend_php_06.ppt
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you are not alone
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PHP is sort of popular
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we can help (if you're serious)
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there are 12 steps
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1. admit that you are powerless over PHP
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2. accept that enterprise ! Java
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3. recognize the advantages of PHP
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it's ubiquitous
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there are thousands of existing PHP solutions
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you learn it quickly
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you're productive quickly
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you'll be making mistakes in no time...
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5. understand the disadvantages of PHP
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easy to learn, hard to master
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syntax can be a bit obscure
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PHP will scale, but is not C / C
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"I don't hear a lot of people claiming that
operating systems should be written in PHP. Or
that guest books should be written in C. It just
appears self-evident that you pick from the
sphere of reasonable applicability." - David
Heinemeier Hansson
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5. determine where PHP is already being used
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6. determine where PHP fits and where it does not
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6. build the business case for PHP
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7. enlist a champion
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8. evaluate need for commercial support
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9. consider resource questions
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10. learn from the community nature of PHP
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11. use PHP strategically
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12. make PHP a first class citizen
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next steps?
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stop reading this list and get to work
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credits PHP statistics http//ohloh.net/wiki/arti
cles/php_eats_rails Netcraft photos http//www.o
penclipart.org http//www.flickr.com/photos/oddvio
let/247374174/ http//www.flickr.com/photos/leftyf
b/232228060/ http//www.flickr.com/photos/mathias_
m/95028539/ http//www.flickr.com/photos/weizhong/
283584796/
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