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by akulbe 5280 days ago
Is it safe to assume (since you're an ASP programmer) that you're already competent with HTML?

If so, then I'd highly recommend you get up to speed with HTML5 and mobile development. It's the direction things are going.

Try to think as many moves ahead as you can. :)

Good luck!!
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rogeralan 5279 days ago
yes, I know SQL Server, HTML, CSS, I have been working with JQuery for a couple of years now. What concerns me is my backend server language. Thanks, I'll brush up on my HTML5 as well.
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bmelton 5280 days ago
Actually I second this. In addition, you could make your own projects and keep using ASP classic.

I have personally had more ASP classic in my life than I wanted to, but aside from its age and possibly dwindling support, there's no reason you couldn't make a game or app that you wanted, target to a mobile platform and slowly learn ASP.Net or another language in the meantime.

I highly recommend Python, FWIW. I tried jumping from classic ASP to Perl, C and Ruby, but none of them stuck until I found Python, so at least from my perspective, it's an easy transition from ASP to Python. Your mileage may vary.

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