Absolutely, Dave. _PROJECTS _We are a research center for /Environmental Health Sciences/ under the /School of Public Health/. The projects are mostly secure, web-based forms and reports as well as some client applications. Ideally, we would like to have all of our applications web-based. Examples of common projects we have are: * generation of letters, forms, etc for mass mailing * dynamic reports in which one can enter criteria for selection (e.g., date range, month, year, group, etc.) and select multiple sorting * LOTS of data entry applications We're starting to create open-source applications that can be shared with other study centers. _DATABASE _We use both MySQL and MSSQL, depending on the study although we would like to move to MySQL for all. _USERS _We're almost done with converting to Active Directory(AD) so that would be our means of authenticating users. Everyone who needs access our secure site -- that's most of our users -- must have an AD account. _OTHERS_ Also, we've recently been building web applications in Groovy and Grails. Does this help? David Peterson wrote: > Hi Simone: > > Could you be a bit more specific with the scope of your project? The > framework to chose would depend upon what exactly you are trying to > accomplish. > > Thanks, > > Dave > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Simone Q. Vuong <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > Has anyone explored using *PHP* with a framework -- I'm > considering the *Yii* framework for PHP -- and/or *Ruby on Rails*? > > Could you tell me: > > * what you are using it for, > * your pros and cons for using either, > * easy of use, > * the availability of resources for learning and > trouble-shooting, > * references you highly recommend, and > * anything else you find relevant. > > > Thank you kindly. > > Simone Vuong > Health Studies Section > > > > > -- > David Peterson > IT Professional > Office of Institutional Research > University of Minnesota > http://www.oir.umn.edu > > 612-625-0914 > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>