UDM4 vs PHP

doctordew · 08-07-2007, 12:23 AM

What makes UDM4 better to learn than PHP? Does it allow more things, do extra things, or just another version of php type things?

bcarl314 · 08-07-2007, 03:36 AM

Well, for starters, UDM is not a programming language, more of a "web widget" that you can use with any server side framework.

The real question is what makes UDM4 better than other drop-down menus. The difference is that UDM4 is 100% WAI / 508 compliant, uses Semantic XHTML, and is not dependant on Javascript to provide content.

doctordew · 08-07-2007, 10:38 PM

Ah my bad I guess I don't know as much about UDM4 as I thought. I better go through and read the home page here

. However which is more benificial to learn first? UDM4 or PHP?

bcarl314 · 08-08-2007, 01:38 AM

I'd say both, as both will help you create menus on your site. UDM4 can be extended with PHP to create menus dynamically.

I know that's a cop-out

doctordew · 08-08-2007, 04:56 AM

Haha well yeah I noticed the cop-out. If you had to pick one to do without for a website's launch, which would you do without?

bcarl314 · 08-08-2007, 01:57 PM

I would definitely use UDM because you don't need to know PHP to use it and installit, just a basic understanding of HTML.

You can always enhance it later on with PHP

doctordew · 08-09-2007, 01:37 AM

There we go the answer to my question. When I get back to designing my layout I'll read more about UDM and then if I need help I'll know where to come. Thanks for the help.