sunstallion Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 First, I do not know what forum to post this topic. So, I will post it both here and in the PHP forum. I am wanting to learn either or both PHP and ASP.NET for fun and for jobs. Do you know which one is better ? which one is more marketable ?Well, I want to learn to get a job, but in the mean time at home, I want to put the extra time to speed up my skill in the same technology. So, should I rather focus on only PHP or ASP.NET or both ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramanjaneyulu Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Good...Both, JavaScript and AJAX frameworks as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachary Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Alrighty, it is time for PHP5!Ok, I suggest you use PHP, PHP is easy, fast, and free!Why waste your time in ASP.NET when ASP.NET is slow, non-easy?I choose PHP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Alrighty, it is time for PHP5!Ok, I suggest you use PHP, PHP is easy, fast, and free!Why waste your time in ASP.NET when ASP.NET is slow, non-easy?Have you ever used ASP.Net. Is is very powerful and is very fast (arguably faster than PHP because it is compiled not interpreted at runtime.)If you are used to OOP style programming it is very easy to learn. Even if you do not use the OOP capabilities of .Net is still very poweful and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarte Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I believe PHP is easier and more clear. That's only my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reportingsjr Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Its easier to learn, but less powerful and slower (PHP). So you could just learn both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
132591 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 ASP.NET is microsoft, and that should be enough for you not to learn it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 ASP.NET is microsoft, and that should be enough for you not to learn it.Hah, I agree with that. However, if you know OOP like aspnetguy mentioned, it's a breeze! I've been able to make much more powerful applications using ASP.NET than I have using PHP.For marketability, though, I would suggest you learn both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulpfiction Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I would suggest ASP.NET cos with IDE like VS 2003 or 2005... ASP.NET is easier to learn.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I think it comes down to your own personal style. There are IDEs for both languages, they have pretty similar tools. I think the reference for PHP is easier to use then what Microsoft offers, but others might feel different. Both languages have large communities, so you can find help with either. PHP may have a larger community, but if there are 50 million PHP developers and 20 million ASP.NET developers, you can still find just as much help from the 20 million. But if you are a functional programmer, PHP will be easier for you to use. If you are an object-oriented programmer, then ASP.NET will be easier for you to use. But that may all change when servers start supporting PHP5, and when PHP6 comes out. At that point a more apples-to-apples comparison will probably be easier.I think one of the main reasons now is simply the support for PHP, it is more widely supported on servers then .NET is, and I would also say there are more applications available that use it (especially free ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathRay2K Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 In the end, big businesses choose ASP.NET, small businesses and individuals choose PHP.Usually, there are always exception.I know quite a bit of PHP, and some ASP.NET, and I find PHP much easier, but not as fast as I would like. I have yet to find something that PHP simply cannot do, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Jay Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Using ASP since 1999 i have an erge to edge over to asp.netNot because it is better, who am i to say its better but ASP has never let me down so it seems stupid for me not to stay with the evolve of asp to asp.net and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 In the end, big businesses choose ASP.NET, small businesses and individuals choose PHP.That's been my experience as well.Using ASP since 1999 i have an erge to edge over to asp.netI've mainly been using .NET because of the projects I've been working on rather than any preference I may have for either .NET or PHP. However, .NET is way better than classic ASP. If you can begin to migrate into .NET, I would highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 It is true PHP applications are more portabnle than ASP.Net, meaning PHP can run on any platform and/or server while ASP.Net is limited to Windows/IIS.This however is changing since the release of MONO. THis allows developers to write desktop and web applications in .Net for Linux (and Windows/Apache).Novell recently released MONO 1.2 (it's free btw) which has support for the most common .Net 2.0 components, but not full 2.0 support (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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