How do you transition from a desktop developer to a web based role?
- by Fanatic23
Background: Developer with loads of experience in desktop computing. C++, Java etc
Wants to dabble in: Living social. Yeah, you guessed it right -- website development. Perhaps will need to learn PHP or Javascript, SOAP, XML etc.
Positives: Knows nothing about ASP or jQuery -- clean slate really.
What's that 1 piece of advice that you'd give here? Could be anything: choice of technology, frameworks, potential pitfall and portability issues etc.