Choosing a Web Platform

You can spend a lot of time comparing the different web technologies available for building dynamic web pages. Well at least I can. And I can find something to like about all of them, with the exception of php of course.

I look for two things when selecting a technology. The first is I like to know that others have used the technology successfully to deliver similar kinds of projects. This makes frameworks like rails, django and ASP.NET all good choices for my project.

Secondly I look at my own skills. It is obviously quicker to develop in a language and framework that I am already familiar with. But sometimes you want to learn a new way to do things which can make frameworks you are less familiar with with valid choices.

The choice of web platform is an easy decision for my project. I’ll be using the ASP.NET MVC platform. This is because I am already familiar with this framework and since I have timeboxed goals I don’t have time to play with frameworks I don’t know.

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