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My company is switching all web stuff to asp.net. I'm Scared!?
I'm a web designer who's been writing PHP for almost 2 years now. PHP feels very natural for me as does javascript,flash,dreamweaver etc etc. I also develop on a mac.
My company just dropped a bomb on me said that they are discontinuing further PHP sites and switching to asp.net. Since I am the only web designer/developer in the company and the rest of the dev team are .NET guys, they see this as a perfect integration into scalability.
I don't have a problem learning a new language, but since I deal with all the marketing and quick deadlines, this is really freaking me out.
Anybody out there make this switch and should I be as worried about it as I am? I just have a feeling the learning curve will be steep and asp.net will not give me the ability to execute certain nuances I need as a designer.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hello,
If you are as comfortable as you say with PHP, you should be ok once you get the syntax issues handled. Both are structured similarly. You can use include functions for both, etc. The hardest part will be to switch over to using MS SQL from MySQL if you are also taking care of that aspect. The good news is that both languages are very well supported. Pretty much anything you need to do (including PHP methods and functions) in ASP .Net, has been desired by someone else and can be found on the internet. That will at least give you an idea of what you need to change.
Hopefully the .Net guys will assist you as well, and training should be mandated by your employer. Good Luck!
Sean Colicchio
Server Engineer
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Tell them that, since you don't do .net, they'll have to send you for training. The basics at Learning Tree will be about 7 4-day courses. (And cost them more than they probably want to spend.)
If you've been working in .net, the move to ASP isn't that terrible. If you haven't you're entering a different world. If I were you I'd get my resume in shape.