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Old December 7th, 2000, 02:58 AM
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I m just a beginner but i want know what are pros and cons of asp...if you can tell me..

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Old December 7th, 2000, 10:30 AM
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ASP is a pretty powerful server-side scripting language that uses VBScript to generate dynamic webpages. It can be used to create anything from e-commerce sites to bulletin boards. It requires a server running MS Windows (NT or 2k) and IIS. There is a Linux-based alternative called Chili-Soft, but it can be expensive.

Personally, I prefer the open-source alternative of PHP. It has many of the same features but is more powerful. And it's also free!
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Old January 5th, 2001, 06:15 AM
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There also is another alternative to ChilliSoft Asp called Apache::Asp (and it's free too). This uses mod_perl and perferably an installation of Apache which is not set up using an RPM. Try doing a search on the Apache website for more details:
http://www.apache.org
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Old January 14th, 2001, 02:50 AM
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I am interesting in this apache module. Can someone tell me any more about it?
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Old January 15th, 2001, 02:53 PM
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This is a "" from professional php programming

"The one major disadvantage of using asp is that it can only be used with a microsoft web server"

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Old January 18th, 2001, 02:44 AM
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PHP vs. ASP
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Personally, I prefer the open-source alternative of PHP. It has many of the same features but is more powerful. And it's also free!


I am also struggling with the ASP vs. PHP dilemma. Can you offer a good starting point for PHP? Website, book, or otherwise?
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Old January 18th, 2001, 07:15 AM
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Hi,

I really wouldn't want to use ASP for any project the had to be reliable. In my experience NT servers are in the habit fo falling down quite a lot and need constant supervision.

It's really horses for courses... you got a VB background then your probably going to take to ASP quite quickly. If you've any experience of class based langauges then PHP will seem like second nature.

Good book: Professional PHP Programming

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I agree with the choice of php over asp. If anything, for the simple facts that it is free, it is (on a *NIX machine) fast and RELIABLE, and it is so well documented that I haven't come across a problem yet that I couldn't find a tutorial on or an execllent explanation in the online manual http://php.net/manual. For anyone but a hardcore VB programmer I would recommend php.

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I just posted this URL in another thread but it seems to apply here as well.

http://www.devshed.com/Talk/BrainDump/PHP/

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