which .NET languate to use

[John]

I've been developing using PHP and am just about to start
..NET. From what I can tell, ASP no longer exists as a
stand alone language in .NET, so I wondered what language
to focus on for web development, Visual Basic.NET, Visual
C#.NET, Visual C++.NET, or Visual J#.NET. I've never done
ASP before, so I'm starting new with .NET. Thanks, John

[Frank Eller [MVP]]

Hi John,

I've been developing using PHP and am just about to start
.NET. From what I can tell, ASP no longer exists as a
stand alone language in .NET, so I wondered what language
to focus on for web development, Visual Basic.NET, Visual
C#.NET, Visual C++.NET, or Visual J#.NET. I've never done
ASP before, so I'm starting new with .NET. Thanks, John

Since you start from the beginnning with ASP.NET, the language doesn't
matter - just choose one. The important thing to learn is the Framework.

However, since you've worked with PHP, I suggest C# - the syntax is similar,
so you won't have any problem there.

Regards,

--
Frank Eller [.NET MVP]
www.frankeller.de
..NET Developers Group Munich- www.munichdot.net

[Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]]

All languages are equivalent in that they all have access to the same
underlying class library for Web UI. In the ASP days, VBScript or
Javascript were the only options for doing ASP. Now, with .NET, any of
those .NET-enabled languages can be used to create
- ASP.NET web UI
- Windows-Forms UI
- console apps
- windows services (no UI at all)
- web services
- other apps
Some recommendations for getting started.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...tframework.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...sp11122000.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/msdn/getstarted/default.mspx"John"
<jd********@coe.ufl.edu> wrote in message
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I've been developing using PHP and am just about to start
.NET. From what I can tell, ASP no longer exists as a
stand alone language in .NET, so I wondered what language
to focus on for web development, Visual Basic.NET, Visual
C#.NET, Visual C++.NET, or Visual J#.NET. I've never done
ASP before, so I'm starting new with .NET. Thanks, John

[Scott M.]

Just as a clarification...Classic ASP wasn't a language, it was an
architecture (as it is in ASP.NET as well). For Classic ASP, you could have
used VBScript or JavaScript and could accomplish the same using either.

As the other replies have said, in .NET all languages are created equal (in
performance & capabilities). The choice is merely which one you prefer to
work with.
"John" <jd********@coe.ufl.edu> wrote in message
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I've been developing using PHP and am just about to start
.NET. From what I can tell, ASP no longer exists as a
stand alone language in .NET, so I wondered what language
to focus on for web development, Visual Basic.NET, Visual
C#.NET, Visual C++.NET, or Visual J#.NET. I've never done
ASP before, so I'm starting new with .NET. Thanks, John