Comments on: .Net or PHP - What should I learn? http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/ PHP Wordpress .Net C# Developer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dominic http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1843 Dominic Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:51:10 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1843 I prefer to use .Net for windows apps as I find its treatment of how the web works inherently wrong - Allthough I am currently consulting on a .Net web app. I like php most for hacking wordpress and for the ease of picking up quick consulting gigs for filling down time. I prefer to use .Net for windows apps as I find its treatment of how the web works inherently wrong - Allthough I am currently consulting on a .Net web app.

I like php most for hacking wordpress and for the ease of picking up quick consulting gigs for filling down time.

]]> By: Cesar Serna http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1836 Cesar Serna Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:54:45 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1836 Thats what I thought coming from VB6/VBScript/ASP... Now that I am neck deep in PHP everyday I find that all the VBScript/ASP stuff helps me more so than all the C# that I have done... Good to see that you are doing both .Net and PHP... Not a very common combination of skills found in developers. Thats what I thought coming from VB6/VBScript/ASP… Now that I am neck deep in PHP everyday I find that all the VBScript/ASP stuff helps me more so than all the C# that I have done…

Good to see that you are doing both .Net and PHP… Not a very common combination of skills found in developers.

]]> By: Dominic http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1835 Dominic Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:04:45 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-1835 I was a C# dev before I learnt PHP and didn't find PHP too difficult to learn. However, pre-.net I was a VB6 dev, and would have found the jump to PHP a little more tricky. I was a C# dev before I learnt PHP and didn’t find PHP too difficult to learn.
However, pre-.net I was a VB6 dev, and would have found the jump to PHP a little more tricky.

]]> By: Cesar Serna http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-327 Cesar Serna Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:06:12 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-327 Great points Brian... Great points Brian…

]]> By: Tilak http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-275 Tilak Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:23:27 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-275 Good information for those want to learn web programming. Good information for those want to learn web programming.

]]> By: Brian B http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-181 Brian B Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:32:04 +0000 http://www.cesarserna.com/work/net-or-php-what-should-i-learn/#comment-181 The biggest problem I've had with .NET is that the existing tools aren't as SEO friendly as the PHP tools. Since PHP is free and the hosting is cheap, I think that there are a lot more young coders (with a lot more time on their hands) who can contribute to the open source projects and keep improving them. The .NET open source libraries seem to be lacking. Probably because .NET is a corporate tool and the programmers are all on the clock most of the day. Not as much time to crank out free code for the general public to use. Of course, this is just my theory. Plus, the .NET tools I've used just don't cut it for SEO. I have to tweak them to make them SEO friendly. You don't have that problem with many PHP tools. However, from a pure programming standpoint, using a scripting language is a bit of a joke and I would much rather program with .NET and it's IDE. One benefit of using a MS tool is that they have tons of resources available to creating great programming tools right out of the box. VS 2008 has so many new features I doubt if I'll ever time time to learn them all. But when I need something, I can go to Google and find that it's already 'in the box' most of the time. Saves me a lot of coding time. The biggest problem I’ve had with .NET is that the existing tools aren’t as SEO friendly as the PHP tools. Since PHP is free and the hosting is cheap, I think that there are a lot more young coders (with a lot more time on their hands) who can contribute to the open source projects and keep improving them. The .NET open source libraries seem to be lacking. Probably because .NET is a corporate tool and the programmers are all on the clock most of the day. Not as much time to crank out free code for the general public to use. Of course, this is just my theory. Plus, the .NET tools I’ve used just don’t cut it for SEO. I have to tweak them to make them SEO friendly. You don’t have that problem with many PHP tools. However, from a pure programming standpoint, using a scripting language is a bit of a joke and I would much rather program with .NET and it’s IDE. One benefit of using a MS tool is that they have tons of resources available to creating great programming tools right out of the box. VS 2008 has so many new features I doubt if I’ll ever time time to learn them all. But when I need something, I can go to Google and find that it’s already ‘in the box’ most of the time. Saves me a lot of coding time.

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