ASP, ColdFusion, JSP or other?

[multiplex77]

Hi,

I have a very general question to ask all:

I have a large web application that my company plans to develop, involving lots of database queries, security concerns, and form inputs. And we need to get developed asap.

Which is the best language to develop in? ColdFusion, ASP, JSP or others (PERL, etc)?

Thanks for your opinion on this.

 

[mithrilhall]

Your probably going to hear a lot of opinions on this rather than what's right and wrong.

From what I was told, JSP is slower than asp but I can't confirm this. I have no clue about ColdFusion or Perl but another alternative you might want to look into is php.

I would think the type of web server you will be running this on as well as the type of DB you will be querying would be a big factor in determining with language to use. //**********************************//
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[rac2]

I would be the last person to promote Microsoft, but if your website will be hosted on an NT server then you already have ASP; Coldfusion must be purchased; I believe PHP and Perl are used on Unix servers, although I know you can use PerlScript on NT; don't know about JSP.

What do you mean by "large"? Do you have an estimate of the amount of traffic expected?

Are you doing this in-house? What skills do your IT staff have? If you are contracting the work, the programming languages don't matter much so long as the web hosting company supports the language.

 

[TWillard]

You stated that this is a large application for your company. The development community surrounding ASP and JSP seems to be the most active. Therefore, you will have a larger amount of resources for these technologies. You will be able to find answers to the tough development questions quick in ASP and JSP. This can be very benifical in development time, if you are working toward specific deadlines. It should also be easier to find personel to support these sites in the distant future.

Lately, windows platforms are much more likely to receive viruses. This is major strike against ASP because it is confined to just windows. JSP on the other hand can run on windows or unix. But in all honesty, Microsoft is also very quick in developing patches when holes do arrise.

I agree with rac2. You should know the database, web server, and the operating systems that are available to you.

 

[multiplex77]

How about the speed to ASP compared to JSP and ColdFusion? I'll most probably be hosting my site on an NT or W2K server with IIS and with a MS SQL Server database. So OS compatibility should not be an issue. Things I'm concerned about are:

1. Speed and ease of development (assuming equal experience coding with all three).
2. Efficiency and scalability.
3. Robustness.
3. Ease of finding programmers with appropriate skillsets.

Thanks!