@dagolden, yes, I can understand this, I've done w...

2010-06-26T16:18:31.909+12:00

@dagolden, yes, I can understand this, I've done website development and deployment sort of stuff, but before, this was

* In PHP ( So there's only 1 way to do it anyway, no improving on that rubbish )

* On a poor deployment platform system where you can assume everything about the target platform you want to

* You are pretty much developing on the target platform, perhaps with a layer of indirection ( ie: a development server ), and every time a difference or discrepancy appears between the 2 locations of progress, you essentially have to code around it then and there instead of being proactive and planning for things like that to happen

* There are no modules and no CPAN, so your only real option is writing all that crap yourself 9/10 times. ( Ever tried re-using PHP code? so much of it is written for ancient outdated PHP's, heavily dependent on crappy PHP features that were deprecated because they were a massive security hole, and structured in such a way you can't realistically use them as part of a logically structured system as they likely depend on calling "print" in arbitrary deep parts of the code. The exception of course is PHP frameworks, which are a bit better, but if the framework doesn't provide something, you're just back to the same problem again )

* There's no "XS", the closest to that is PECL which sucks to an extent, and in the event you have no pecl support you pretty much code around it ( ewwwww )

* Management are pretty likely to be idiots who don't see the value in developing something that will be portable to machines other than their current production machine, and won't permit development time on something they can't see as being beneficial, and then, when you need to switch machines, and for whatever unforeseen reason you need a different linux-distribution, cry their eyes out when it ceases to work, and blame you for the problem, while you waste more time making it work for just that one machine. ( Granted this is not always the case, but I've seen far too much of this problem, makes devs just want to quit )

I have a similar experience whenever I work in a n...

2010-06-26T02:00:25.601+12:00

I have a similar experience whenever I work in a new area. In your case, it doesn't sound like you do web site development and deployment very often, so you're getting distracted as you come up the learning curve. It's easier to be focused when you already know how to do what you want to do. :-)

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