What's the best language for dynamic scripts. I use PHP but I am about to try to learn AJAX and Ruby on Rails. Is there another language that I should learn to stay ahead of the curve?

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Travis

php the best language. But if you want more learn asp. php and asp are the most using languages.

it seems coldfusion again try to come in war and offer many good features.

I'll go pick up some .asp books. Thanks Dotflyer.

If you're going to persue ASP, I believe ASP.NET (http://www.asp.net) to be far superior than other languages. Make sure you look down that road ;) Happy learning!

ASP is not a language. ;)

I'll go pick up some .asp books. Thanks Dotflyer.

If you know PHP already then it not take more then 10 to 20 days to learn ASP.

ASP is not a language. ;)

please explain,:s I want to know what ASP is :rofl:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Server_Pages

I think it's a matter of opinion as to which is better .asp or .php. I personally prefer .php because that's just how I learned. PHP Programming makes up a large part of the web as does .asp. I have dabbled w/ ColdFusion but keep coming back to PHP. There are a lot of great tools out there for working w/ PHP also, for instance, PHPRunner, which is an awesome code generation tool with built in Database interfacing. Also, Zend just released some PHP IDE tools for Eclipse environment.

I have also found that it's a lot easier (at least where I live) to find PHP developers than it is to find ASP guys if you should ever need help on a project.

Hope this helps,

If you are interested, here's a link to PHPRunner (http://www.xlinesoft.com/phprunner/?1057). I blog about PHPRunner projects that I have put together for clients a lot on my personal blog (http://http://www.cottonrohrscheib.com/blog/?s=PHPR)also, and the support forums (http://www.asprunner.com/forums/index.php?1057)on their website are also helpful resources for getting up to speed quickly on it's operation. It's been a huge timesaver for me on php / mysql projects.

please explain,:s I want to know what ASP is :rofl:


:rofl:

Active Server Pages (aka ASP) is a server technology. It is a hosting environment that extends the normal capabilities of a Web server and exposes objects for use in Web programming. It is accessed by VBScript (it's default), JScript, PerlScript, etc.

Well, first of all, there is no one "best" dynamic scripting language.

Second of all, use your common sense. If you are on Linux, dont try to install ASP and SQL 2005 (well forget about SQL, there is no other version besides windows) and if you are on Windows dont try to use apache, php and mysql. Though they work, use what is native such as IIS, ASP and SQL.

My personal preference is PHP. They have one of THE best online help (php.net) compared to any other language I have seen. If I get stuck with a syntax or something, I go there.

I would have to say I like PHP the best, if your fimilar with PHP id go ahead and learn ASP as well, C++ and visual basic are always some good alternatives if your up for a challenge.

Most developers find PHP to be a favorable platform to learn. It's not nearly as complex as some others. Ditto for RoR - it's supposedly one of the easiest platforms to learn, period.

ASP and .net are known for being more complicated. They are also exceptionally powerful. In the corporate world, expert level .asp knowledge will take you a long way up the IT ladder. From a contractor's perspective, a background in .net will get you more corporate outsourcing jobs.

I always thought that ASP was language. It's just a scripting language, not a programming language?

Ruby is a language, Ruby on Rails is not, it is a framework.

VBScript, C#, VB, etc are languages, ASP is not, .NET is not, it is a framework.

PHP and ASP.NET (utilizing VB(script) and/or C#) are, in my experience, the two most commonly used.

Bear in mind PHP is 99% of the time a Linux-based technology running on the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). ASP.NET sites are universally running on a Windows-based hosting solution. They are as different a pair of solutions as you can get.

Truly learning both and being good at both technologies vastly increases your marketability as a programmer.