RE: [WebDNA] DNA suffix
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2008
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I'd even go so far so as to say the .dna extension is *critical* to the future success of WebDNA Cheers, Will Starck ------------------- NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com helpdesk@novaderm.com 817-717-7377 -----Original Message----- From: JD Ready [mailto:jdready@risedev.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:35 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] DNA suffix Well, for my 2 cents, I'm new to WebDNA, but I have to agree with Christophe. I have programmed in asp, aspx & php and I like seeing the common extension of the language I coded in if for no other reason to know at a glance what I wrote the site in after not working on it for a couple of years. Additionally, I like knowing what other sites have been written in in the event I think something's "cool" and I want to know how the programmer did it. And finally, the Christophe's point, if you guys are to "resurect" webDNA and have it rise like a pheonix from the ashes (a quote from someone's earlier post), then I think you want as much brand recognition as you can get. I know that when I see a website that @ know is dynamic but is using an extension that I don't recognize, I often look it up to see what it is. And finally, about using .html. I would not recommend that. We all have control over our servers it would appear. However, in a shared hosting environment you often don't. If WebDNA ever gets widely adopted, the hosting companies are not going to map .html to webDNA - just like they don't do it for asp or php. Also, as a programmer, I expect .htm or .html files to be pure html and would think it odd and possibly even incorrect (regardless of whether its possible) to have webdna script in a file designated as html. Anyway, that my 2 cents having been involved with webDNA for the past 5 days. :) ----------------------- Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Christophe Billiottet
Date: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 10:50 am Subject: Re: [WebDNA] DNA suffix To: Reply-To: Well, this was just that WebDNA, as a web scripting language, is far far behind the others in terms of number of active servers and sites. If you check a php site, there is nothing different between it and any other html site, except for the .php suffix that makes it immediately identifiable: "ah! this is another php site" ;-) PHP too can use any other suffix (just a matter of mapping it) but the default suffix is .php and it seems everybody is satisfied with it. Same with .asp The suffix identifies a technology, and we, WebDNA users, decided to hide our technology. I guess this is not a very good idea if we want to make WebDNA a winner product... chris On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:58, Tom Duke wrote: > Hi, > Have to say that I agree with Dan. > I would certainly support setting .dna as the default suffix - but I like the fact that my sites are not clearly identified with any technology. I also hide the bit with WebDNA comments so there should be no easy way for a user to determine the server side scripting language used. > I would think this would be considered good security practice. > - Tom > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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I'd even go so far so as to say the .dna extension is *critical* to the future success of WebDNA Cheers, Will Starck ------------------- NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com helpdesk@novaderm.com 817-717-7377 -----Original Message----- From: JD Ready [mailto:jdready@risedev.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 12:35 PM To: talk@webdna.us Subject: Re: [WebDNA] DNA suffix Well, for my 2 cents, I'm new to WebDNA, but I have to agree with Christophe. I have programmed in asp, aspx & php and I like seeing the common extension of the language I coded in if for no other reason to know at a glance what I wrote the site in after not working on it for a couple of years. Additionally, I like knowing what other sites have been written in in the event I think something's "cool" and I want to know how the programmer did it. And finally, the Christophe's point, if you guys are to "resurect" webDNA and have it rise like a pheonix from the ashes (a quote from someone's earlier post), then I think you want as much brand recognition as you can get. I know that when I see a website that @ know is dynamic but is using an extension that I don't recognize, I often look it up to see what it is. And finally, about using .html. I would not recommend that. We all have control over our servers it would appear. However, in a shared hosting environment you often don't. If WebDNA ever gets widely adopted, the hosting companies are not going to map .html to webDNA - just like they don't do it for asp or php. Also, as a programmer, I expect .htm or .html files to be pure html and would think it odd and possibly even incorrect (regardless of whether its possible) to have webdna script in a file designated as html. Anyway, that my 2 cents having been involved with webDNA for the past 5 days. :) ----------------------- Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Christophe Billiottet Date: Wednesday, Sep 17, 2008 10:50 am Subject: Re: [WebDNA] DNA suffix To: Reply-To: Well, this was just that WebDNA, as a web scripting language, is far far behind the others in terms of number of active servers and sites. If you check a php site, there is nothing different between it and any other html site, except for the .php suffix that makes it immediately identifiable: "ah! this is another php site" ;-) PHP too can use any other suffix (just a matter of mapping it) but the default suffix is .php and it seems everybody is satisfied with it. Same with .asp The suffix identifies a technology, and we, WebDNA users, decided to hide our technology. I guess this is not a very good idea if we want to make WebDNA a winner product... chris On Sep 17, 2008, at 12:58, Tom Duke wrote: > Hi, > Have to say that I agree with Dan. > I would certainly support setting .dna as the default suffix - but I like the fact that my sites are not clearly identified with any technology. I also hide the bit with WebDNA comments so there should be no easy way for a user to determine the server side scripting language used. > I would think this would be considered good security practice. > - Tom > --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ --------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/
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