I started developing a tool in perl,now management wants me to shift to a java framework.
Following is my problem statement and the design components i thought up.
Would shifting to java for such an app be useful?
someone give me an excuse not to :))))
actually just your frank opinion on what technology suits this tool.


I was given the following problem statement:
Requirements
Make a network statistics reporting dashboard showing line charts of the following
a)Ping response time daily,weekly,monthly
b)Bandwidth util in bits/sec time daily,weekly,monthly
C)Bandwidth util out bits/sec time daily,weekly,monthly
Graph plot points

-Daily 5 mts
-Weekly 1 hour
-Monthly 6 hours
scope

80 router *2= 160 interfaces.
Data is to be polled at 5 minutes intervals.
Graphs for n-1 days to be shown on the web
query interface for showing date time to date time graph
Polling script to be deployed in Europe.Database and front end in India.All reports to have GMT standard.
Design constituents
What all i think i will use.the purpose is to make the tool as well as learn more perl.
Database

MySQL 4.0 (feel oracle is over kill)
DBI-1.40
DBD-mysql-2.9003
DBI-SHELL-11.93 (optional for db maintenance)
Graphing

DBIx::Chart 0.01
DBD::Chart 0.80 (png charts)
Data Polling

Net::FTP (for transfer)
Net::SNMP
syetem ping
Front end

cgi.pm
HTML::Template 2.6
Forking :-Parallel::Forkmanager
Error Logging :-Log4perl
Webserver -Apache


Would Java/Java framework(our company has a home made one) offer any particular advantage over perl in this scenario.
My opinion : i do not know if java is better than perl .But for such an app i do not need java.
Thankfully they have regex in 1.4.0 or i would have gone mad.
Thanks,
chimni

In reply to Choice of development language:Perl or Java by chimni

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