anyone deployed a LAMA app? did it go well?

[sirpelidor]

I've been thinking to create my own web app and run on linux + MySql just for cut cost purpose.

Since I'm not interested in scripting languages (i.e: PHP), the only available option is either .Net or java. I have to admit my web development skill in java is quite weak compare to .Net, yet I wasn't sure if mono is mature enough to deploy a full blown web app.

Worst case scenario, I'll just go learn java web framework (just get done reading Strut, but considering JSF as well -java have many web frameworks and hard to pick which is better-) and get it over with.

Before I make such a bold move, I wanna see if anyone deployed a LAMA app and if you encounter any problems? Would you recommend other alternative?

Thank you for sharing your opinion :)

[chazzy]

Mono's a few steps behind the rest of the .NET framework, but it is novell sponsored (so it's fairly good). but a true .net replacement it's not (it uses a special apache module to run the ASP.NET code, for example). if you're looking to just develop using C# or VB.NET using ASP.NET it's definitely not a bad way, but it'll only help you in the long term w/ the language; not the runtime configuration (since it's a completely different runtime).