Should I start learning ASP Classic or 'continue' learning ASP.NET? [closed]

Question

Background

A year ago I had to learn PHP in school, I already knew ActionScript3 so it wasn't that difficult, and together with a friend of mine we were the first 2 of our school to learn ourselves OOP in PHP. It wasn't required but we thought it was important.

Last year I started learning C# and ASP.NET, but I'm far from pro in C# and ASP.NET, I did do some projects for myself, just for educational purposes.

Now a few days ago I started an internship (which should take 6 months) But the company still works with ASP Classic and thus VBScript.

Question

Is it worth having learned ASP.NET and C# last year, start ASP Classic and VBScript now for 6 months and probably after that continue in ASP.NET and C#?

I would like some opinions about this, because I don't know whether I should stay and do ASP Classic, or go and look for another internship where I can do ASP.NET.

Answer 1

Avoid ASP classic. It will reinforce bad programming practices. ASP.NET is only as "pre-made" as you allow it to be. If you want to learn, do not use the drag-and-drop designer; write all your HTML by hand in the VS editor. This will make you a far more versatile web developer, and will also prevent VS from generating "bloat" in your pages. I would also encourage you to explore ASP.NET MVC, because the WebForms model has many complications that MVC avoids.

If you can, look for another internship. I politely, but firmly disagree with your boss.