Re: Web app development on Mac OS

On 2007-07-31 14:07:41 +0100, Gary <postmaster@xxxxxxxxx> said:

I'm thinking of developing an app. I'd like it to be a browser based delivery but java and cocoa are options if I get bogged down in the whole web thing.

You probably don't want to involve Cocoa in a web app. It is more appropriate for GUI things.

What options are easy to get going for web app development on Mac OS 10.4? I'm guessing perhaps PHP? What about a database backend? I'm an Oracle DBA by trade but that'd be overkill - even though I have an Oracle personal license I don't want to leave a VM up and running all the time just to serve half a dozen tables.

PostgreSQL would be the next best bet as I know that quite well. I don't know MySQL at all.

PostgreSQL and MySQL are both available.

So, on an Intel Mac (or PPC - either will do) what's the easiest route to a web based, database backed, application?

If you want to use Java then you can use tomcat. Apparently the main Ruby on Rails developers all use Macs, so Ruby on Rails might be a good choice.

If you want PHP, that's available too.

If you want WebObjects, that's available too.

I might want to actually deploy it on my home DSL connection so security is an issue.

Cheers

Gary

ps. I _don't_ do perl.

Shame!

Cheers,

Chris

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