[thelist] Suggestions for the next technology to learn

Aleem B aleem.bawany at utoronto.ca
Thu Sep 4 15:22:51 CDT 2003


If you have some programming background, learn C# 
(MS recommended) or VB.NET. If not, start off with
PHP and move on to C# or Java, although C# will eat
Java in soon time (not flaming) but C# is powerful
and you can get the .NET framework for free.

PHP is probably the easiest language you'll ever
learn and you'll learn it real fast. Since you are
working on the web, you'll yield instant rewards.

Once you move on to OO languages after PHP, you 
can truly appreciate the OO principles that many 
programmers take for granted. If you want to be
self sufficient at some point in the future, start
learning linux as well (linux, PHP, Apache, MySQL
alone are enough to let you start your own basic
web dev company).

HTH. I would like to hear what your ultimate
decision is. 


aleem

[ http://www.aleembawany.com/ ] 

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> (No language holy-wars please ;)
> 
> I have achieved a level of comfortable proficiency with PHP, 
> a working 
> knowledge of web standards (XHTML / CSS), accessibility issues, XML, 
> client side scripting,  mobile application development (WML 
> only at this 
> stage, although wap 2.0 is XHTML base  anyway) , and have been 
> considering investing some time into learning another server-side 
> technology.
> 
>  From what I can see of the project market here, (Australasia), the 
> largest current demand is for ASP, and Java / JSP developers.
> I have basic experience in ASP, but are there any advantages 
> of starting 
> with one over the other?
> Java interests me from an OOP point (and mobile application) of view, 
> but I realise this is also possible with asp.net.
> 
> Any suggestions, or should I pull out my trusty old 
> future-career-path-picking dartboard?
> 
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