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Paulo - 05 Mar 2008 18:22 GMT

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

Can not ASP.net be considered a programming language? Just a platform?

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 05 Mar 2008 18:38 GMT

> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> Can not ASP.net be considered a programming language?

No it can't.

Lifted straight from the above site: "ASP and ASP.NET are [also] not
programming languages because they make use of [other] languages such as
JavaScript and VBScript or .NET compatible languages. The same is true for
frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Cocoa, and AJAX."

Whether AJAX is a framework or not, though, is another matter...

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David Wier - 05 Mar 2008 21:24 GMT

Recruiters call me at least a few times a month asking me if I program in
ASP.net - - -
In the past, I've gone through the whole process of explaining the Platform
vs Programming Language scenario, but to no avail, they still don't seem to
be able to get it.
For the others, though I know C#, my expertise lies mainly in VB.Net, and
though my resume explicitly lists ASP.Net, VB.Net - I constantly also get
emails for C# positions - they'll say 'well, you do ASP.Net, and that's what
they're mainly looking for'
(very frustrating some time)

David Wier
http://aspnet101.com
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>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
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>
> Whether AJAX is a framework or not, though, is another matter...

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ASF - 05 Mar 2008 21:30 GMT

This happens to me as well!

> Recruiters call me at least a few times a month asking me if I program in
> ASP.net - - -
> In the past, I've gone through the whole process of explaining the Platform
> vs Programming Language scenario, but to no avail, they still don't seem to
> be able to get it.

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 05 Mar 2008 22:16 GMT

>> though my resume explicitly lists ASP.Net, VB.Net - I constantly also get
>> emails for C# positions - they'll say 'well, you do ASP.Net, and that's
>> what
>> they're mainly looking for'
>
> This happens to me as well!

My CV / resume lists ASP.NET and C# explicitly - no-one ever emails me for
VB.NET positions...

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Mark Rae [MVP] - 05 Mar 2008 22:14 GMT

> For the others, though I know C#, my expertise lies mainly in VB.Net, and
> though my resume explicitly lists ASP.Net, VB.Net - I constantly also get
> emails for C# positions - they'll say 'well, you do ASP.Net, and that's
> what they're mainly looking for'
> (very frustrating some time)

But true...

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