Re: Why Classic ASP?

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From: Jeff Cochran (jeff.nospam_at_zina.com)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:15:53 GMT

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:42:51 -0600, "Michael D. Kersey"
<mdkersey@hal-pc.org> wrote:

>Keith wrote:
><snipped>
>> Now ASP.net is out, what would everyone suggest I lean towards - Classic or
>> .net?
>
>Professionalism mandates that you study ASP well enough to meet your
>employer's requirements.
>
>But look at
>"Does PHP Dominates the Web Landscape?"
>http://rmh.blogs.com/weblog/2005/01/php_dominates_t.html
>
>Short summary: a Netcraft survey shows there are 23 times as many PHP
>domains as either .NET _or_ Java domains on the Internet.
>
>[A comment notes that there are about 6 times as many ASP pages as there
>are ASPX (.NET) pages, so ASP remains much more common than ASPX].
>
>Why not look at PHP? It's pretty easy to learn, is not that different
>from ASP and is extremely popular.

While the PHP report is valid, it's also inaccurate. It doesn't take
into account intranets and extranet applications, where ASP.NET is
really taking hold. So it depends on your employer, or career path,
as to which makes more sense to study *first*. Note the emphasis on
*first* because it still makes sense to have at least a basic grasp of
many different technologies. Especially since they aren't mutually
exclusive and each has some things it does better than any other
technology.

Jeff

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