PHP or ASP.NET

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Hey Guys,
Just looking to get a feel of we all code in for the web. ASP.NET or PHP?

Regards,
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[Geoff]

Neither, I code in Rails these days.

[plugged_in]

I have had a little look at that. Is it difficult to pick up?

[contink]

I've been coding in PHP for years so it's somewhat hard to break the habit... not least because I've produced mods for phpBB2 and maintain them when I can.

Rails has a good write up though and is where a few web coders I know have gone with their work.

[Geoff]

No, it's very easy and there's some excellent tutorials on the net.

http://www.rubyonrails.org/docs

This one in paticular I found entertaining and instructive.

http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

[Lee_K_81]

ASP.NET personally. with a C# code behind. I liked C/C++ and Java so it was pretty intuitive to pick up.

[webman]

PHP, cross-platform and faster than ASP. Having said that, I used Classic ASP for our intranet simply for the easy AD integration.

[Nij.UK]

I did a bit of JSP work when i was at uni, but since i have been in education, i have gone down the PHP route..... i just found it very easy to pick up and there is loads of information on the web about it

[plugged_in]

I am a PHP programmer too. So far it seems this is what seems to be the main language.

[browolf]

I've done both at work and I find that php is easier.

[plugged_in]

Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP.
Do you think this would be difficult?

[contink]

Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP.
Do you think this would be difficult?

As a rule of thumb, whenever I start figuring out the timing for a project I take a reasonable figure, double it... go away think about it for a couple of hours.. add 12 hours, divide the number of hours by 8 hours to get days and then triple that number to get a rough estimate on time.

I'd imagine you'll have a job on your hands though.

[CyberNerd]

Ok i was hoping to create my own VLE in PHP.
Do you think this would be difficult?

Yes, I think it would be difficult. Install Moodle and add things to that, your not likely to get your own VLE to that standard soon - and if you don't like Moodle - patch it

[webman]

Yes, I agree it would also be difficult. Contributing to and working on Moodle would be a better way forward I reckon.

[plugged_in]

That is some great advice lol
You should do project managment!!!

I would really like to see if it can be done.

Probably have it branded under edugeek.