[mapserver-users] Mapscript alternatives

[Thomas, Cord]

Ryan
 
Given the history of Mapscript and the mapserver community, i encourage you
to use PHP as this has been most widely used.  Given that you have limited
experience in development, this is probably the best choice.  My personal
desire is to see a wider variety of scripting and development efforts, such
as Java, VBScript (ASP, shudder), etc - but until that day, i would suggest
PHP - there are many examples available and many of the participants in this
list can help.
 
Cord

-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan, Adam [mailto:ARyan at co.linn.or.us]
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 8:21 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [mapserver-users] Mapscript alternatives




Greetings. 

I use a pre-compiled Win32 binary of mapserver and I've got a pretty good
handle on the CGI portion, mapserv.  I figured out HTML and javascript, but
I feel limited and want to jump into Mapscript.  However, prior to using
mapserver I'd never even heard of perl, python or PHP, nor have I done any C
compiling.

My question is:  What are the pros/cons of each?  How hard is it to get
started (from scratch) in these things?  Is one more powerful than another?
How?

Any suggestions or links would be great.  Thanks for your time. 

Adam 
Linn County 

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