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PhilBon · Jul 28th, 2007, 5:08 PM

I'm going to give you some advice about both languages that you may already know. Let's start off with PHP. It has some pros and some cons. Pros are: can run on Linux or windows servers. It has some object oriented parts which is good for lower level programming. The cons would be well currently I don't have cons for PHP, maybe that it's not as compatible with turning the applications into desktop applications. Now with ASP.Net it to has it's pros and cons. The cons being it has to run on a window to be 100% affective, there are some mods out there to have it run on Linux but they aren't 100% as affective as just running off of a windows server. The pros are, with the code behind you have the ability to take an application that you develop for desktop applications, and use it in a web browser. You have to change the GUI but if you developed the Program well you'd already have the UI and the code separated. My personal preference would be learn both. PHP has a great resource for help so does ASP.Net. Downside of ASP.Net is the cost to learn it. As well as the resources you need. Seeing as it is best to run on IIS so you'd need xp pro, or something with IIS. If you don't have the resources then PHP is a nice language. If you can get the resources, ASP.Net is great. Still have PHP in your back pocket though. In case you are put into a network with only linux.

Jul 28th, 2007, 5:08 PM	#7
PhilBon Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 172 Rep Power: 3	I'm going to give you some advice about both languages that you may already know. Let's start off with PHP. It has some pros and some cons. Pros are: can run on Linux or windows servers. It has some object oriented parts which is good for lower level programming. The cons would be well currently I don't have cons for PHP, maybe that it's not as compatible with turning the applications into desktop applications. Now with ASP.Net it to has it's pros and cons. The cons being it has to run on a window to be 100% affective, there are some mods out there to have it run on Linux but they aren't 100% as affective as just running off of a windows server. The pros are, with the code behind you have the ability to take an application that you develop for desktop applications, and use it in a web browser. You have to change the GUI but if you developed the Program well you'd already have the UI and the code separated. My personal preference would be learn both. PHP has a great resource for help so does ASP.Net. Downside of ASP.Net is the cost to learn it. As well as the resources you need. Seeing as it is best to run on IIS so you'd need xp pro, or something with IIS. If you don't have the resources then PHP is a nice language. If you can get the resources, ASP.Net is great. Still have PHP in your back pocket though. In case you are put into a network with only linux.