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Right, but many beginning programmers don't want to start with something boring and move on to the fun stuff. You can't show a CGI form to your friends and have them drool over how cool it is. Instant gratification is key.



It almost has to be at the level of myspace -- look, I can quickly add this picture, or this music, or this text to a page all my friends can see.




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