ASP advantages

Are there any?

[lukasz]

I an new to scripting languages, and I am tring to determine which language will be the best for me. Can anyone tell me good things about ASP?

[ziggystardust]

- It's easy to learn... If you're new to programming ASP and VBScript is probably the best choice. If you've done any programming in a language like Java or C, you should take a look at PHP instead.

- There are lots and lots of free resources on the web about ASP so learning it is cheap - no books needed.

- It can do pretty powerful stuff... (for a scripting language)

- It runs on an M$ platform... so... if you run Windows, it's pretty easy to set up.

What else do you need to know?

Pozdrowienia
//ZS

[aspdaddy]

Hi lukasz,

Scripts are ussually chosen with specific plaform in mind or certain type of project.

Or you can learn 1 script and then only use certain servers/technologies etc, but this might be limiting.

Probably best if you tell us what you will be doing so you can get the best advice.

[txbakers]

I like ASP very much. the syntax is easy, and it runs on Windows servers.

You can create some very exciting applications pretty easily with ASP.

[Small Website Guy]

ASP.NET is what you want to use.

All you need to get started is the $100 version of C#.NET and Windows XP Pro (the Home edition doesn't serve up web pages).

[bilalak]

yes ASP is nice but I think PHP is much easier.

.NET designed for the internet
the internet was designed for Unix :)

Luck!

[ukgimp]

Be flexible, do both asp and php

As suggested the server makes a difference. If you are on IIS there is now a lot you can do to compete with apache

www.sitepoint.com/article/891

Cheers