"it's surely not a one technology sport"

2007-12-07 @ 10:26#

Ben Nolan posted on the languages needed to build a modern web app today:

  • Advanced sql (optimization, joins, indexes,subselects)
  • Ruby and the rails framework
  • Javascript and the prototype framework
  • XHTML
  • CSS

for me, this list looks a bit different:

  • Advanced sql (optimization, joins, indexes,subselects)
  • C# and Exyus framework
  • Regular Expressions
  • Javascript and the base2 framework
  • XHTML
  • CSS

note that i'm working w/ C# and my Exyus engine on the Windows platform. i'm also using Dean Edwards very cool base2 javascript DOM library. finally, i added regular expressions to the list. in my mind, this is a language-level item and one that is essential when dealing with web apps. esp. in the area of URLs, validating input, and 'grep-ing' content itself.

and as Ben notes: it's surely not a one technology sport.

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