Kenzo

I've done both, and lean slightly towards ASP.NET. In my opinion it encourages programmers to produce better code, by separating code from UI (with code-behind). You can write the code in C# (which is quite similar to C++ but protects you from pointer problems) and the experience of using C# can make it really easy if you want to write C# applications for Windows.

That said, PHP is very popular and if you would be interested in part-time work, there seem to be more part-time telecommute opportunities available to develop websites using PHP then there are for ASP.NET and J2EE. You could always learn ASP.NET first and then learn PHP later, since PHP is pretty easy to learn.

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