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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
[mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard
Dice<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday 09 January 2008
10:07<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [TLUG]: Debating web
development toolsets</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kareem,<br>
<br>
Know Thyself -- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_thyself</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What is your purpose for getting into web
development?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What is your expectation for growth of the web
development project? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Do you plan on having other people join in on
this project in the future? If so, in what capacity?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Do you have a customer you will be doing this
for? Do they have specific needs or expectations that one web
development framework will address more readily than others? <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What is your existing skill-base in various
aspects of web programming? (I.e. programming, design/layout,
graphics, UI design)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Do you want to play to your strengths (perhaps
because your goal is to get the job done ASAP) or do you want to broaden
your skills (because this is a learning project)? I.e. do you pick
something similar to what you already know or quite different from what
you already know?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
Don't look at technology first. Look at what your goals and circumstances
are first and then pick the technology that is most suitable. (And don't
expect to find a "perfect" technology -- first, there is no such
thing, and second it is quite possible that several of your goals will be
mutually exclusive and therefore you have to make best-compromises between your
goals, and so you should expect your technology choice to reflect
best-compromises as well.) <br>
<br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>All very true, and indeed I’m asking
myself many of these questions. My purpose is not entirely well defined,
but the projects I’m looking at are coming together and I needed to get
an idea of what’s out there. It’ll both help with the
decision making process, and for my own education. That and the debate’s
been fun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>At this point, it’s early enough in
the process that I at least have the ability to make an informed technology
choice and also to educate myself on what might be “best practices”.
I’m hoping that will make things easier down the line, instead of
just going with what I know right now.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>-kms<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy
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