.NET Prepares Us Well for RIA

Christophe Lauer has an interesting post (en français) that emphasizes how well-positioned .NET developers are to take on all sorts of platforms. For example, Silverlight job offers are just starting to show up on the radar in the Indeed.com Job Trends where Adobe Flex remains the leader.

As Christophe says, you can learn ActionScript and start working as a Flex developer but what can you switch to with that language under your belt? On the other hand, if you know the basic .NET Framework libraries in C# or VB.NET, you'll be up and running in short order with Silverlight 1.1 and its Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

Whether it's Windows Forms, ASP.NET, Compact Framework, WPF, or Silverlight, it's clear that learning the .NET platform is very likely to pay dividends somewhere in the job market. As Christophe says, "Let's revisit (the job growth stats) in a year".