I know it is very opinionated (which is why I'm asking your opinions), but what do you guys think would be better for this website:
open source, so maintainability is important
development speed, I don't want to spend forever get something usable up
expandability, new features will be added on periodically
AJAX
multi-language support (interface and back end)
complex searching algorithms (it is a type of search engine for language learners)
database connectivity (probably just mysql)
performance is needed but the site will never be hugely popular
I've read a lot of good things about RoR, but I'm familiar with Perl and more C-Like languages, so going the PHP route would have less of a learning curve. But, I'm not a professional and having help in areas of expandability and ready-made packages (gems) would be nice.
any suggestions?
open source, so maintainability is important
development speed, I don't want to spend forever get something usable up
expandability, new features will be added on periodically
AJAX
multi-language support (interface and back end)
complex searching algorithms (it is a type of search engine for language learners)
database connectivity (probably just mysql)
performance is needed but the site will never be hugely popular
I've read a lot of good things about RoR, but I'm familiar with Perl and more C-Like languages, so going the PHP route would have less of a learning curve. But, I'm not a professional and having help in areas of expandability and ready-made packages (gems) would be nice.
any suggestions?