Analyst Report
Perceived Workload Analysis - Web Application Frameworks
Published: 5/16/2008
The Nexen PHP Stats for March 2008 show, 26 percent of PHP installations are on Windows. Also, Microsoft has performed significant engineering to ensure that PHP works well on Windows. This article focuses on PHP on Windows.

Summary
Web developers have a wide variety of frameworks to choose from when constructing Web applications. There are a number of Java-based frameworks, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, and Microsoft's ASP.NET. Outside of Microsoft's ASP.NET, PHP is probably the most popular and easy-to-use framework for building Web applications. PHP is the focus of this article.
Included in this document
  • Web Application Frameworks
  • PHP history and usage
  • PHP On Windows
  • Support for key PHP Applications
  • Benefits of PHP on Windows
  • Conclusion