# Which is easer to learn? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [June 30, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369 "2003-06-30T01:17:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![my3brs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@my3brs](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/my3brs)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/1 "2003-06-30T01:17:15Z")
Which language do you think is easier to learn XML, PHP, JSP, or Coldfusion? I think Jsp is easy ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/2 "2003-06-30T01:48:13Z")
php was easier for me to learn, personally ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/3 "2003-06-30T04:34:14Z")
Well as far as I know it all depends on what you are doing. XML and PHP I know for a fact are completely different. Even if you meant XHTML, they are still entirely different being that PHP is server-side and XML and XHTML are client-side. Not exactly sure how JSP and Coldfusion work so I won’t offer advice on those. So if you are looking for Server-Side then I would say go with PHP or ASP (I personally prefer PHP, but it varies from person to person). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/4 "2003-06-30T05:43:09Z")
I prefer PHP too. I don’t really like Javascript, there are always errors there (or maybe thats me :P) but anyway, PHP is way better to me. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/5 "2003-06-30T06:00:54Z")
vj: JSP is not the samething as Javascript (just fyi) I haven’t yet had to use JSP for anything and my host does not support Coldfusion or I would dip my toes into that as well. I personally prefer PHP 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/6 "2003-06-30T06:01:54Z")
Woops, read that wrong (-: Then what is JSP ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/7 "2003-06-30T06:02:58Z")
JSP = Java Server Pages (I think) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/8 "2003-06-30T06:07:18Z")
yup, JSP is javaserver pages, and im assuming it uses SSJS (server-side javascript)… I would go for php. A friend of mine codes with both ColdFusion and PHP, and he’s told me that ColdFusion lacks some functionality like image manipulation and such. PHP is open-source, easy to learn, and very reliable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/9 "2003-06-30T06:40:17Z")
I was about to ask the same question: should I learn asp, php or jsp? Thanks for the replies! Php it is! (once I finish my AS book). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/10 "2003-07-01T21:25:20Z")
my vote is to php, but honestly ASP is much easier then all of the above ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/which-is-easer-to-learn/24369/11 "2003-07-02T00:16:15Z")
Well I don’t program in a lot of the above, but I can tell you Coldfusion is very easy to use and learn.