Scripting Languages vs. Compiled Languages for web development

Question

Though I come from a purely PHP background on the web development side of programming, I have also spent much time with C# and C++ on the desktop.

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Answer 1

I find it to be mostly a matter of opinion. At first I hated the pre-compiled web applications asp.net provides, but I've gotten used to it so I don't hate it anymore. It has advantages and disantages:

Pro

• pre-compiled web applications are easy to deploy, often you'll only have to update the bin-directory
• pre-compiled web applications perform well
• you don't have to upload source code, which is nice imho.

Con

• updating a pre-compiled web app generally means the web application is reset, so unless you've changed the session state, it'll end all sessions and log everyone out
• rebuilding a large web application can take some time, which is added to the time it took you to write the changes in the first place. I am sometimes impatient.

I've always liked how easy it is to just update one file in a PHP project without having to rebuild a project or something like that, on the other hand, .net has a nice IDE that allows you to debug everying, from back end (C#, VB.net) to front end (Javascript), in one package. But again; both have advantages and disadvantages.