Which web development language?
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- spiralstarez
Okay, so I've got good experience being able to actionscript in Flash, design skills, and CSS and HTML.
I would like to learn more of a backend language both for my own personal development as well as marketable skill.
Question being: Which one? I've already established that I don't want to do CFM tag based code, and PHP is not a the top in terms of industry respect.
Which in my eyes leaves ASP or JSP? My current co. uses JSP so that is a plus, however for some reason I seem to find that ASP is more in demand for web apps/dynamic sites.
Anyone care to share the benefits and downfalls of each? I don't know really what the differences are.
Keep in mind that I would probably use it mostly just to develop small database driven sites in Flash and HTML for the most part.
- fugged0
I woulda said PHP for compatability reasons, but if you know actionscript, Jscript will be a breeze to pick up. VBScript is pretty easy and provides a quick way to interface with Access databases.
Both are really pretty easy to learn...
- jevad0
PHP
- gabriel_pc0
I'd go for JSP since you have access to people who know how to script. Once you learn one language, the others fall into place pretty easily.
- brozilla0
PHP...easiest to learn and you can combine flash, xml easier
well, i'm sure you can combine the other scripts with flash and xml but i dont know how difficult it is.
- REINVIGORATE0
I personally think the best option is to learn a little of each. PHP is the easiest to pick up in my opinion. That way you can have more tricks under your belt. But for the record- php is my fav scripting language and I use it whenever I can =p
- unfittoprint0
php+mysql.
& AS2.0. about enough.
- mikotondria20
Yeah, I was in a similar position about 3 months ago - I wanted to dev back-end stuff.
Now, I just finished a 200 page site with a db with 50 tables in, security, client-management system and ecommerce..
Get a thick book on php (the one with the bridge on the cover) and read it whenever you havwe a spare minute..
Sat on the loo is good.
You'll pick it up in no time :).
- mirola0
python.
- enobrev0
you can pick any of them... for the most part they all do the same thing. It's when you start getting into more advanced stuff when the language choice begins to matter.
Most important is to pick one and create a couple sites (or a really big one) that will allow you to learn all the facets of the language. From that you'll learn a lot about how the web actually works, and especially how a programmed website works.
The theory behind it will carry across most languages, even to applicaiton languages to some extent. Once you have a good idea of how a dynamic site really works, figure out what you really want to do and what language is best for it. By then you'll ahve a better understanding of what to look for.
I, personally learned with CF. It was really easy to learn with, as it's completely tag based, and there wasn't much detail in the coding. Most of the stuff is done out of sight. Unfortunately CF and ASP is pretty expensive to learn and maintain. and ASP is expensive to 'extend'.
I eventually moved to PHP, and considered it to be great mostly becuase of the enormous community, and best of all, it's FREE. There's thousands of open source scripts out there to learn from as well.
But without the 3 years of base learning in CF, I'd never be as far in PHP as I am now.
Good luck!
- DesignThis0
I just started with PHP coming from a light background in JavaScript and some Actionscript. It's easy to do what you gotta do even without knowing everything about it.