When I started working on my small “Sniper Game” backend, I had dozens of choices: Node.js, Django, Spring Boot, Laravel… but something about ASP.NET with C# stood out. At first, I thought it was too “corporate” and heavy. But after diving in, I realized it’s actually a powerful framework — even for small projects.
🔧 The Ecosystem
ASP.NET integrates smoothly with Visual Studio, NuGet packages, and Azure. Everything felt connected. For someone like me who was just exploring backend development, this meant less time on setup and more time actually coding.
“ASP.NET may feel intimidating at first, but once you get used to it, the productivity boost is real.”
💻 Strongly Typed Language Benefits
C# felt different from JavaScript. Having a strongly typed language gave me confidence that my variables and models would behave consistently. I wasn’t chasing runtime errors — I was writing cleaner, safer code.
🚀 Deployment & Beyond
Even though I eventually deployed on Vercel for my portfolio, learning ASP.NET showed me how enterprise-level apps are structured. That knowledge is priceless, because now I can compare frameworks and choose wisely in the future.
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