Please help me choose a language

[MattDLEA]

I know I have asked similar questions to this before and just keep going in loops.

 

Basically my coding background is old days macromedia director with lingo and php&mysql I would say I know most about php;

I have made a few simple database sites with PHP&mysql but old school.

I tried making a more complex database system with codeignitor but coded myself into a corner and ended up doing the project with my Brother in law using ASP.net (c#) he more or less built what I had done and wanted in codeignitor ( with in a few hours nearly ready to ship, that had took me weeks to do in php and was still not working)

 

I also use WordPress for most of my sites.

 

I am torn as I look at lynda.com and been through some of there code clinics where different programmers solve the same problem with their language of choice. And to me PHP looks to be a lot more writing and effort then some of the other ones. I mean Swift solved the 8 queens problem in less then a page of code. PHP was several scripts.

C# and .net when I used with my B-I-L looked good.

 

My problem is I know some PHP and mysql. I do web sites part time to and I know PHP would help me more with wordpress.

 

However on the other hand I could use perch or jeckkle as the CMS removing the need to know wordpress.

From what I have seen and read other languages seam to make sence to me more then php. For example Swift id got a basic app running in a night.

 

I have books on Ruby , C# , PHP but I cant decide which one to concentrate on.

 

What's your thoughts

[LosOjos]

Pick one and stick to it.

 

There's nothing wrong with PHP, it's still a very popular language for the web and under continuous development. So if you already know some of that, there's no reason you have to change.

 

C# I think is a great language, but you're limited to Windows servers which are often more expensive than their Linux counterparts (web parts of .NET have recently been open sourced, but it's going to be a while before the OS version is as robust as the Windows equivalent)

 

Ruby on Rails is gaining popularity with many users citing it's simplicity to get things done as a reason for using it, no experience with it myself though.

 

There's no right or wrong language*, just use what you're comfortable with. Better to write working PHP code in several scripts than one broken page in C#

 

* within reason; you probably don't want to write a website in PASCAL! (although technically, you could!)

[localzuk]

Agree with @LosOjos. For web development both PHP and C# are great. If you know PHP, stick with it.

 

From what you've said about getting a site up and running, you went the right way with a framework like CodeIgniter but you probably just need more practice. PHP is so infinitely flexible, practice makes perfect with it really!