php or asp.NET ?

.:bHd:. · 09-17-2008, 05:02 PM

Okay so I got the xHTML and CSS programming down now I need to learn how to build a shopping cart. There seems to be two ways to do this, php and .net. Any of you web guys know which one is better and what i should learn? And which one has a better integration with Dreamweaver.

!Xoible · 09-17-2008, 05:17 PM

PHP

.:bHd:. · 09-17-2008, 07:14 PM

Any reason why I should go with php? My friend stresses that i learn asp but he's a Microsoft fan boy so I want other opinions lol

iatacs19 · 09-17-2008, 07:22 PM

should learn them both actually.

MeinBMW · 09-18-2008, 05:12 AM

Learn both .. No need to build a shopping cart though .. Just use osCommerce and modify it for your needs .. No need to reinvent the wheel

Blake · 09-18-2008, 05:27 AM

php FTMFW

Ninjaneer · 09-19-2008, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MeinBMW

Learn both .. No need to build a shopping cart though .. Just use osCommerce and modify it for your needs .. No need to reinvent the wheel

+1 - don't reinvent the wheel.

Learn both, then implement it in whichever language the client asks you to. If you're doing this to teach yourself (ie. you're your own client) then learning both is good. There's no such thing as a "better" language, but rather a "better" language for the task, environment, load, etc. and for a shopping cart app you can't go wrong with either.

As for ASP.NET you can download a free trial of Visual Studio or the Web Developer Express flavor of the IDE instead of using Dreamweaver.

.:bHd:. · 09-19-2008, 12:35 PM

Thanks for the help guys i'll definitely check out Visual Studio. Sucks they don't make it for Mac though.

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