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Posted by Jeff North on 07/04/06 21:56
On 4 Jul 2006 10:25:49 -0700, in comp.lang.php "Pepper"
<PepperFleming@gmail.com>
<1152033949.613679.293360@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> wrote:
>| I may be alone in this feeling, but I am a long time asp developer and
>| after a few years of asp.net development still am not comfortable with
>| the new way of doing things. Asp.net just seems too complicated for
>| the majority of stuff I do and I miss the more simplistic scripting
>| way. I don't use WYSIWYG editors, don't mind writing a few lines of
>| code. I seem to end up with at least one frustrating moment with every
>| asp.net project trying to do somehthing that I felt was simple in ASP
>| classic.
I feel your pain :-)
I've programmed in ASP classic for many many years (both VB and
JScript) and recently tried ASP.NET. Went through all the tutorials
and thought I understood how things worked. Then I tried converting
one of my apps to ASP.NET. The hoops that you had to jump through....
Needless to say I've now gone over to PHP.
My other main gripe with ASP.NET is that you'd have to be a damn good
programmer with an exceptional memory to remember all the commands and
arguments. You really need the IDE as a simple text editor wont cut
it.
>| I have never used PHP but understand it is similar to asp (vs. using
>| asp.net), and would like to hear from someone experienced with all
>| three (ASP, PHP, ASP.NET) if I am missing the boat or if I should look
>| to PHP as a viable alternative.
If you've programmed in JScript then the cross-over isn't all that
difficult, VB maybe a bit more difficult.
The main differences you'll see are:
.. instead of & (VB) or + (JScript)
$ prefixed to each variable
can't do if( Astring == Bstring) must use strcmp()
The library of functions is *huge*. Because these libraries are
written by different companies (previously) there were/are some
function naming convention and return type differences.
Installation of PHP and ISAPI under IIS can be a real pain in the butt
(the manual is good and has all the information necessary but you've
got to go looking for it). I'll try and find the post where I assisted
someone else who was setting up there system and the steps that I
took.
I use Dreamweaver for most of the html page layout but use textpad
(www.textpad.com) for most of the scripting. You can download the
php/mySQL clip library to help you with the function etc.
If you are going to use a database then I suggest that ezSQL Database
Class is the way to go (http://www.jvmultimedia.com/portal/node/6).
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