I’m a C# programmer and I love the language. I think it’s the best thing since sliced bread. Recently I have become real interested in creating a website that offers jobs and allows companies to post jobs for people to navigate through.
This is going to be a nationwide site only, no international connections.
I’m somewhat familiar with ASP.NET (I’ve used it before for a much smaller pet project) but I wouldn’t say I’m more than a
Newb – Journeyman – Novice –
Experienced – Expert
I have absolutely zero experience hosting a website or even registering a domain. I’m familiar with HTML and making applications in XAML for WPF has given me a much easier time understand things that laid out in markup.
Is ASP.NET hosting expensive? Is PHP cheaper? I just need a little guidance. 🙂
Should I use ASP.NET or PHP?
I’m a PHP programmer and love the language, but with your background, I would absolutely say ASP.NET. PHP hosting tends to be cheaper and more available overall because it’s usually Linux based and thus comes with no License fees, but there are good and affordable hosting options for Windows/ASP, too. And who cares if you pay a few dollars more, what you save in man hours will easily be worth it.
Don’t forget that PHP usually runs on a LAMP stack, so for anything a bit bigger you will need to gain at least some knowledge of the conventions and quirks of the Linux world, Apache, and maybe MYSQL, too. If you’re looking to broaden your horizon, that’s certainly a great way to learn new stuff. If you want to get a job done, I’d say stick with what you know.