ASP intro?

[Yanhead]

i am a complete novice to ASP, could anyone tell me where I can find some information to get me started.

thanks

[jpmoriarty]

try some of these:

www.asp101.com
www.aspin.com/home/webapps
www.aspfree.com
www.webwizguide.info
www.web-savant.com/users/kathi/asp/

hope they keep you busy.

I'd also suggest having a look at PHP - i found it quite a bit easier than asp, and you may want to consider adding it to your repetoir:

www.php.net
www.phpbuilder.com/board

[Yanhead]

I'd also suggest having a look at PHP - i found it quite a bit easier than asp, and you may want to consider adding it to your repetoir:


is it an either-or with PHP and ASP? how do they differ?

Thanks

[jpmoriarty]

they're different ways to skin a cat effectively.

ASP is a micro$oft invention, and as such runs on micro$oft IIS (internet information services or server, can never remember which). That's an extra for most server packages these days, but will run on windows 2k server, XP pro etc.

PHP on the other hand is an open source project - it's free to download and use. You could use it with IIS if you wanted (and there are instructions on how to do so on the php.net page), but i would guess that probably 80% of php pages run on an apache server (www.apache.com/), which is also free to download and use (and usually runs on unix or linux, but can run very happily on windows). That, coupled with the database MySQL (www.mysql.com/) which, you've guessed it, is a free to download and use database server, which goes very nicely with php and apache (in a sort of down-to-earth holy trinity).

The difference, as you've probably guessed, is usually cost (and the desire to topple the m$ monopoly!).

I tried asp and liked it because it was my first foray into dynamic sites. However, i then tried PHP, and loved it because i found it so much easier to use (and intuitive) than asp. But in a nutshell it can do pretty much the same thing as asp (i bet there are some things that each does better than the other), and you will find equally vitriollic supporters of both.

I have also done one project (on iis with PHP installed too) where i needed asp pages and PHP pages, and they talk quite happily to each other.

It's whatever floats your boat really.

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