RE: Seek advice for ASP/PHP

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From: Ethem Azun (EthemAzun_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 04:35:04 -0700

Hi Olaf,

* Are there any reason to move to ASP/ASPX?

-It depends on your requirements. It's possible to do anything with any
technology if you have the guts, time and resources for it. ASP.NET makes
life quite easier compared to other serverside scripting techologies because
of many reasons such as having a real object model, targetting the .NET
Framework, built-in security, scalability and robustness.

* Can I run ASP(X) on linux?

-ASP.NET is designed for IIS, though there's a mod_mono for Apache. Follow
this link for more info;
http://www.go-mono.com/asp-net.html
Still, mono is an effort to create an open source implementation of .NET
Framework, which means it's not from the source, which means it's not related
to nor supported by MS.

* If I use ASPX, does the client that opens a web form to run on his
 machine, needs .NET installed?

-No they don't. They only need a browser.

* Can Mac and Linux machines run these web forms? (By installing a Linux or
 Mac version of .NET)

-Yes they can, if they have a web browser. They don't need to install .NET
Framework.

* We want to create a web site that both have a server side processing and
> client side web forms, but for all browsers and operating systems.

-This is a good, yet an obviously ambitious request. It's possible, but it
takes a lot of knowledge and careful assessment to realize this, which
usually ends up to not using several features. Since IE, Netscape and others
don't (and perhaps never) have a standard that they follow to be compatible
with each other, I recommend that you add this to your wish list... ;)

* Another question but off topic I guess, is for dynamic html, is Javascript
> or VBscript prefered?

Keep in mind that VBScript is only supported by IE.

Hope this helps,

Ethem

"Olaf Baeyens" wrote:

> I do not want to start a ASP versus PHP discussion, because I favour ASP(X),
> but I seek advice since I have no clue about PHP yet.
>
> I want to work with a friend on some web designs. At this point the webs are
> installed on a linux machine, so PHP should be prefered. The big questions
> now are:
>
> * Are there any reason to move to ASP/ASPX?
> * Can I run ASP(X) on linux?
> * I see many reports of PHP to be buggy for hacking, is ASP better?
> * If I use ASPX, does the client that opens a web form to run on his
> machine, needs .NET installed? (I think yes)
> * Can Mac and Linux machines run these web forms? (By installing a Linux or
> Mac version of .NET) (I heard about Mono)
>
> We want to create a web site that both have a server side processing and
> client side web forms, but for all browsers and operating systems. I don't
> like Java (I originally did, but now .NET seems to be far better, especially
> in graphical user interface)
>
> Another question but off topic I guess, is for dynamic html, is Javascript
> or VBscript prefered?
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