Most of my web development is on .net framework (ASP.net with VB). Some of my friends suggested to learn php as it is open source as well as can get help from online easily. But from my perspective i think open source development can get attacked by malware.
Dear Syed Hasan,
Your last sentence attracted me to answer your question. Linux operating system are the most secure one, which is open source. Learning open source technology is always a wonderful learning experience. You can interact with many programmers via open source community and your learning would be broader. I always recommend people to go with Open source. So please go ahead with PHP,Per,Python. You will have excellent learning experience.
My best wishes for your learning. Happy learning..:)
Dear Syed,
I you wish to create a static website,basic HTML knowledge with CSS and jQuery is enough...Angular JS will be added advantage.But if you go for dynamic website you should have some knowledge with PHP,Perl etc.
Dear Syed,
as said before, php is only tool which is well-known and available on many web servers. There are a huge number of examples available in the web.
But the key question is - What do you want to do?
On web server you can also run perl scripts, VB scripts or many other script languages.
PHP advantages are:
- well-known
- lot of code/example available
- security updates available
- platform independ
- no costs
- integration of mysql/sql database
- integration of email client support
- integration of file I/O on the server
- integration of a lot other functionalities such as xml parsing
Hope, this helps.
Dear Syed,
I agree with Franz. But I add some disadvantages:
-If you want to use your website as a client application ( Desktop ) with a wizard system.
I think a SOAP architecture ( VB.NET + ASP.NET and Web Services ) or J2EE architecture ( Java , Spring, Maven and Web services ) is the right choice.
Hope, this helps.
Php is not must.You can always manage without Php.
But if you know, you can do certain utilities easily.
I think it always depends on what you want to do. For example, if one is looking for a job as a computer programmer is it necessary to know C or C#? However, if your work would involve some sort of interaction with mySQL or similar, then I suppose it would be a good idea to get to know PHP.
to be honest... everyone has his or her own perspectives regarding which tools or language to select for web development. I never learned php mySQL. From my perspective i found ASP.NET more powerful for any web apps development. The controllers it provides is more functional and also easy to bound with database. Besides, there are some companies those provide .net framework control like DevExpress which i think is more powerful than doing hard code. Thanks to everyone for adding answers. If everything goes fine (development) I will start to learn PHP. Better to know two different development schemes. Thanks Again.
No, you may go through different CMS (Content Management Services) tools available. they did not required any specific development expertise. Examples are: Wordpress, Drupal, Open stack, Joomla and others.
No.You may try with some latest technologies like Nodejs,Angularjs.
Dear Hasan,
Using a particular programming language is individual choice. You may use .NET, php, JAVA, CGI, Python for web development.
The choice depends on
1. Skill: If you are good in one language you may go ahead and develop entire website rather learning new programming language.
2. Requirements and availability of resources: If you have license on Microsoft products for your server go for windows technology, php is one way good that it is platform independent and open source. if you use centos or Ubuntu server as your server OS you not to pay single penny for software license.
All languages are somehow equally robust only you have to decide what to use and why.
The short answer is no it is not necessary to learn php.
Although I know php, I have personally never used it in any professional job and I have been building web applications since the late 90's.
My professional experience has been .Net and JAVA.
Personally I find professionally XSLT and SQL to be the most useful languages to know in addition to C# and JAVA for web applications.
No, you dont need to learn php but you can learn it if you want.
By the way, .NET is also Open Source since some months as you can see at https://github.com/dotnet
If you ant to do modern web development it maybe makes sence to have a look at angular.js for frontend and .NET Web API 2 with Entity Framework for Backend. I think this will better fit to your already existing .NET skills then learning php.
Hello!
You can choose between few web-development paths (or to use them all or in combinations, of course):
- HTML5 path (HTML + CSS + JavaScript + AJAX + REST);
- PHP path (PHP + MySQL);
- CSharp path (ASP.NET MVC + Entity Framework + SQL Server);
- Java path (Java + Spring MVC + Hibernate + MySQL).
There is not "must", it's up to you and the type of the particular project.
Regards!
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