Go for JSP. Here are the reasons: 1. JSP is integrating a concept called tag libraries. Basically, it's CF tags but written in Java. (Yes, Sun is recognizing that CF rules). 2. There are a number of really good JSP engines out there like JRun from MM. 3. The next version of CF will allow you to write in CF but have the results run on top of java engines. All in all, take JSP now and by years end you'll be back programming CF. :)
Why not the others? Well, Perl is nice if your insane. Powerful, but not written to be understood by anyone remotely human (Yes, I know Perl). PHP will always look like a step child of Asp and will always have that position. Asp is changing as .net is coming out so it's still a little in limbo for the future. You can get the latest asp, but then you'll have to learn new stuff. > Hey everyone, > > My boss here at work wants me to learn a new programming language for web > development, as she no longer wants to support ColdFusion :-( > I think that I will want to learn either ASP, PHP, JSP, or Perl. All I know > about each of them is that ASP is only on Windows, PHP is for both Windows > and Linux, JSP is based on Java, and Perl is not tag-based, but it is still > widely used. Which ones do you use, and which would you recommend for me to > learn, and why? > > Thanks! > -Brent > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
