We stay up to date with all the latest technological advancements. DTW runs seminars and workshops as well as encourages continued education to its staff. To name a few technologies we are experts and have different teams for are: PHP, ASP.NET, J2EE, Mobile Technologies.
Here is a simple comparison chart to understand the difference between the technologies better:
| Area | LAMP | ASP.NET | J2EE |
|
Licensing cost |
No licensing cost |
Expensive licensing cost |
No licensing cost |
|
Support options and cost |
Free support via community. |
Free support via community. |
Free support via community. |
|
Platform(s) |
Multiple |
Windows only |
Multiple |
|
Hardware |
Runs on very inexpensive servers |
Requires slightly more expensive servers |
Requires expensive servers |
|
Staffing |
Somewhat difficult to find qualified people |
Very easy to find qualified people |
Reasonably easy to find qualified people |
|
External Hosting |
Widely available and inexpensive |
Widely available, but more expensive |
Not widely available |
|
Security |
Very good |
Historically very bad, but improved recently |
Good |
|
Performance |
Very good |
Often requires more expensive hardware to perform well |
Often requires substantial configuration and expensive hardware |
|
Scalability |
Scales very well |
Can be difficult to scale |
Scales well when configured properly |
|
Administration |
Difficult: Often requires reading documentation and editing text files |
Easy: Often can be done through point and click interface |
Moderate: Sometimes can be done visually |
|
Configuration |
Can be difficult to configure properly |
Easy to configure |
Moderately difficult to configure |
|
Configuration flexibility |
Extremely flexible |
Not very flexible |
Moderately flexible |
|
Framework(s) |
Many available – often difficult to choose |
One standardized framework |
One standardized framework |
|
Components |
Widely available |
Widely available |
Widely available |
|
Compatibility |
Very good: New versions usually backwards-compatible |
Moderate: New versions often break functionality |
Bad: Many problems between old and new versions |
