Techy forum or not?

I lay up in dreamweaver... then go into notepad and re-code everything

with php being the free option it probably is, every kid this side of toronto codes in it...

However as it relies on *nix platforms in an age where windows dominate the world its not really that desirable to most employers (sure a few sites huge php but most real sites use coldfusion/asp as they're far more powerful and realiable languages).

The only reason php is so popular cos all the cheap lil linux servers which are bundled with every cheap hosting package use php...

Be a real man learn a real language.

Coldfusion is my weapon of choice - pisses all over ASP

I was thinkin bout learnin coldfusion... mite have a look i guess.

atm i only know ASP n Java...

wouldn't bother with asp. learn php isn't it based on c++ so it should make that easier to learn as well.

btw html isn't a programming language.

dont bother with the forum im confused all ready r u's taking the mick?!?

From what ive been told, linux is more popular for business...

Erm.. yea

we've got 2. they've lovely flashing lights!

I wanna get into php, we did a bid for a website based on php/MySQL but didn't get it and I was ded looking fwd to getting stuck into php

ok dude, I'll bring laptop and manuals* to Glen Coe, u still up for that?











* emergency roach material anyway

The net used to run of unix/cgi, linux/php was a much smaller step for a lot of sites to take. With linux/php/mysql also being the cheapest option most small businesses and home users use this package... unfortunatly these aren't the people who will pay your bills.

The big sites and big companies pay the big bucks (can you think of any real site that uses php), mickey mouse business pay for one off jobs and although this is decent pay - there isn't enough business and 2 much competition to make any real money.

In order of pay it goes

JSP/Coldfsuion/Java coders
ASP/VB coders
PHP coders

Coldfusion coders get such handsome pay packages (usually around the 30k mark) cos there arent' many cfml coders about, with the macromedia take over I'm sure a year down the line there will be a lot more of them...

If your looking for employment (which rob isn't) then php is the worst language to learn, its the fastest growing language but isn't desirable to employers (theres no support for developers as its open source) - it's also not the easiest of the 4 to learn (asp, jsp, cfml, php) and although it can be used as a stepping stone to c++ this is a useless exercise as c++ isn't used for web applications

Be smart and learn CF or ASP.net - either of the later are far mroe powerfull, far more useful and far better paid

PHP is a kids language - 13 year olds can't afford real languages

HAHAHA GEEK ALERT!

coming from a web designer thats rich

cool but if we take that we'll end up sleeping in there and miss out all the joys of sleeping under canvas in Scotland in October

is technofish a web designer un all? how many does that make on the board?