Ask HN: Which technology to learn from Classic ASP

2 points by kchauhan 9 years ago | 2 comments

I am a classic ASP developer and planning to learn new technology which:

1. Easy to learn from my existing knowledge

2. If possible then should be within small possible duration to learn

3. Can help with getting a new job

danielvf 9 years ago |

C# and asp.net. The tooling will stay roughly the same. Many of the concepts will stay the same. These is plenty of work available.

brudgers 9 years ago | |

Not only is there work available, by staying in the Microsoft ecosystem, existing clients for Classic ASP are leads for upgrade projects.

If picking an outside technology, PHP might be a reasonable addition to Classic ASP because it often fills a similar niche.

Depending on goal specifics, ASP.NET MVC might be a better option than webforms...even though webforms are a simpler abstraction when I look at them.