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When a CGI Script is the Most Elegant Solution

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the the-answers-is-always dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Writing local Web applications can be quick, easy, and efficient for solving specific Intranet problems. Learn why a Web browser is sometimes a better interface than a GUI application and why experienced Web developers find themselves struggling to learn a GUI toolkit, and descover that a simple CGI script would serve their needs perfectly well, if not better."

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  1. Re:You web developers... by skrolle2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're just jealous because our stuff actually is used by a lot of people, whereas your toaster-controller, written in C, with a user-interface noone understands only got five downloads from Tucows. And one of them was your cat jumping up on your keyboard.

  2. Re:descover? by 1u3hr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Their main function is to think of the "from the ... dept." line. Doing a spellcheck or other mundane editing tasks would distract them from that.

  3. Re:Here's what happens a month later... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and then you would be right to say,

    if (you == inHouseProgrammer)

    "Well you cocksuckers should have told me all this shit up front so I didn't waste my weekend writing a useless web app. If you want it fixed, do it yourself"

    else if (you == consultant && you == chargingTimeAndMaterials)

    "I'll be happy to add those new requirements for you, but I'm afraid that's going to impact the schedule."

    else if (you == consultant && you == chargingFixedFee)

    "Thanks for the feedback, bit I'm afraid we will have to address those new requirements in a follow-on contract."