WWW Server

What to choose?

[Mr_Brutal]

Hello all,

I don't want to start a which is best thread, i'm just after some suggestions for which Web Server i should install on my personal PC so that i can build and test web applications at home.

It needs to serve ASP's so thats why i need a web server and can't just point to my local pages.

So, i know IIS will work on WinXP, and the Apache website says it will also work on WinXP but i wanted to know what other options there are?

Thanks in advance!

[killroy]

Well, I could list you options, but I'd just waste your time... stick with Apache...

SN

[Stretch]

Hmmm. Even though I prefer Apache, if you need ASP on windows (and only need to serve 1 site) I think IIS would be the easier option.

[bakedjake]

Yeah - you'd have to use ChiliSoft to do Apache with ASP/VBScript, unless you want to write PerlScript. I don't know if you want the hassle of going that route.

I'd stick with IIS as well.

[Mr_Brutal]

Thanks i think your right and i'll stick with IIS as it looks like less hassle, out of interest though, are there many other WWW Servers available or have Apache and IIS got the entire market?

[bakedjake]

According to the newest Netcraft survey, Apache and IIS combined have about 89% of the market.

Next is SunONE (3.5%) and Zeus (1.65%). Everything else is negligable.

[txbakers]

For a true ASP emulation though, the personal IIS on XP won't cut it.

You can do quite a bit with the personal IIS, I use it when travelling for writing new code at airports, but it doesn't give a true IIS/ASP interaction.

I found a little program called the IIS Emulator which does give true ASP functionality on XP. It's available from ww.buyonica.com

[DaScribbler]

Actually, Apache is becoming less of a hassle these days. Try WebServ [sourceforge.net] if you want an all in one installer (apache, mysql, php etc) which does all the work for you.

Or download a full package from DeveloperSide.Net [devside.net] which partially installs it all (meaning everything is extracted to a well laid out configuration, but you still need to execute a few manual steps.)