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Converting a PHP app to Python + Django (was: Communicating with a PHP script (and pretending I'm a browser))

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Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> writes:

> If the shop is entire a PHP shop, and no one knows python, then
> rewriting things in Python and Django is a really bad idea.

It can be done well; see “Transitioning from PHP to Django on the sly”
<URL:http://pyvideo.org/video/2233/transitioning-from-php-to-django-on-the-sly>.

The presenter emphasises that one of the more important requirements is
to convince everyone: the management, the developers, even stakeholder
customers/users.

> I've worked in shops before where one person comes in with a new
> language, writes some code, then leaves, leaving us stranded as it
> were.

Right. On the other hand, I've worked in shops where the big PHP code
base is seen by all as a legacy code base, and the stakeholders were
quite open to being convinced to migrate — provided a clear migration
path.

That's what the above presentation goes into. I recommend it.

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Ben Finney

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