June 28, 2004 at 3:17 am
Which is the best language to learn for programming web apps that call on SQL databases?
I've used SQL a lot and plan on mainly calling stored procs to return datasets, if that makes a difference.
Thanks in advance,
Steve
June 28, 2004 at 6:24 am
Overall I do believe ASP .NET has the best performance. But depends of what languages you currently are familiar with.
If VB the ASP using Server Side VBScipt
If C++ then ASP.NET will be great ot Pearl.
But there are a huge amount of possiblities.
If just starting out then I suggest .NET to get a good start or for a simple start ASP using Server Side VBScript
June 29, 2004 at 12:55 pm
I used to be big on MS products but now am learning PHP. As a SQL Server DBA, I will inevitably have to learn C# due to the CLR in upcoming Yukon, but PHP just seems more fun and easy to learn. An added bonus is that you can use it for command line scripting (PHP-CLI), GUI development (PHP-GTK) as well as web development.
I have both Linux and Win32 boxes at home so cross platform capability is important to me. PHP fills the bill there. I was learning Perl for a while and it IS an incredibly powerful language, but I just couldn't get into it. Seems too sloppy and 'butt ugly' of a language (as I read someone terming it not long ago).
PHP is also the most widely used web programming language in the world, by the way.
The only caveat might be that, in the US at least, there don't seem to be that many jobs available using PHP. Other than that, I love it.
G. Milner
June 29, 2004 at 2:17 pm
If you had any java experience at all, then go with C# (Microsoft).
If you've had any VB experience at all, then go with VB.NET.
If you have nothing, then I'd go with.... Ahhhh ... I don't know. I want ot say VB because maybe its a little easier, but C# is good. If you're tilting toward a little easier, then go VB.NET. If you're new , fresh and want a good thing, go C#.
That's my advice.
I've programmed VB4-Vb6. Java (for school projects). and now dot.net.
I wouldn't change away from .NET now unless I just had to (aka, zero jobs out there).
VB6 <> != (is not the same as) VB.NET fyi. Its much much different.
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June 29, 2004 at 6:01 pm
It's not supposed to be fun. That's why they call it a job.
June 29, 2004 at 10:10 pm
Yes, it IS supposed to be reasonably fun. If it's not, you've got the WRONG JOB.
G. Milner
June 30, 2004 at 1:45 am
Thanks for your input everyone. I have a much better idea about what to look at now.
It'll end up being C# or php I think.
And I do agree that jobs should be fun - they just so rarely are...
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