[xubuntu-users] Help! Steep learning curve ahead

[Yhargla]

Hello,

Le 16/05/2012 02:19, Kevin O'Gorman a écrit :
> I've got a web application that has been running in Apache for years
> as a CGI program written mostly in Python.

Why don't you stick with python ?  I think you can use Ajax with it, see 
for example 
http://kooneiform.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/python-and-ajax-for-beginners-with-webpy-and-jquery/ 
.

> I know nearly nothing
> about Javascript, but I have used a couple of tiny canned scripts.

AJAX is really about Javascript, there are libraries and frameworks that 
will hide the engine, see for example Jquery, ExtJS ...  But you'll have 
to know basics of Javascript.

> -- I need to know if PHP is the right way to go before I commit to
> learning all this.

I don't see why you should choose another language.  Programming is a 
lazy people's job !  If you can do it simply, why do you try to make it 
harder ?

Regards,

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Yhargla
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