What to do next - development / job question.

Matt_Hirst

Matt_Hirst

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I have started to look for a new job, current contract is coming to an end possibly - long story but it may or may not be extended.

Anyway I have updated the CV and started to pass it to various agencies and jobs boards and when potential agencies speak to me they are more interested in the little bit of C# I have done than the vb.net experience as they considder it old hat, it also doesn't go down well that all my experience has been on a pc platform and not web based.

To this end I am starting to look at where to go and what to do so what language would be a good starting point am considdering JAVA, if my contract gets extended it will have no relevance to my work though, however, it would allow me to add it to my CV and also investigate web development - which everyone seems to want.

So going down this route what do I need and where do I get it from?

IDE wise I have seen eclipse mentioned and also netbeans, searching on here it seems to be split as to which is best? Book wise what would you reccomend - I hate reading online material.

Anything else I have missed and need for learnign java development? Other area I am interested in is IT Security just not sure how to go about getting training in this field.

regards,

Matt
 
I think the closest thing to VB.net in terms of web programming is ASP. I would still recommend looking at learning JAVA as it seems to be having a bit of a resurgence at the moment.

What kind of stuff were you looking to do on the web - build sites or build web based systems (if so ignore ASP)?
 
Web based stuff, have not got the foggiest as never done it before, just feel I need a understanding of a more current language with a little exposure to developing sites on the web.

regards,

Matt
 
ollie101 said:
I think the closest thing to VB.net in terms of web programming is ASP. I would still recommend looking at learning JAVA as it seems to be having a bit of a resurgence at the moment.
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Not quite. VB.Net can be used to build both Windows and Web apps. Also, assuming you mean classic ASP, that uses VBScript, which is entirely different.

OP, if you have a knowledge of the syntax of C# it won't be difficult for you to pick up ASP.Net. I'd suggest learning MVC for 3 reasons, 1) it's the direction .Net web development is heading 2) it's awesome and 3) webforms is a gash.

There seem to be fewer MVC jobs at the moment, but this will change in the coming months. Also, with a lack of industry web dev experience you will be looking at junior positions, which may involve a pay drop if you're currently contracting.
 
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