On 25/09/2010 09:08, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:

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>> Second, you have application architecture. Web apps need a web server
>> (e.g. Apache, MS IIS) and a server-based engine to run the app (e.g.
>> PHP, Cold Fusion, custom app server, etc). Some of these are open
>> source, some proprietary. Some have large community support, some less.
>> All require programming at some level to create your application. All
>> require some programming attention to ensure the app will run OK on the
>> web browsers you are targeting. (This is getting easier but is far from
>> ideal.)
>>
>> The client for web apps is a browser (MS Internet Explorer, Firefox,
>> Opera, Safari). Some are open source, some not.
>>

If a web/browser app is what you are going for you should look at the
different frameworks out there and not just PHP.

I.e. http://www.turbogears.org/ or RubyOnRails or ...

Werner