Re: Inline frames, die, die, die (aka please help!)

From: Murray (forums_at_HAHAgreat-web-sights.com)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:25:27 -0500

FWIW, EMACS saved my bacon more than once. But that's another thread.... 8) 

-- 
Murray
"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message 
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> John,
>
> The reason my preference is the Windows platform and for scripting 
> ASP/VBScript, is that I came from the Bell System, where Unix was used and 
> I truly disliked the command line interface and VI and EMACS (sp?) 
> editors.
>
> Anyway, for new developers, etc. it all depends on what is supported by 
> their web host, unless they are willing to switch host or hosting 
> packages. I would tend to go with a host that supports either Windows or 
> Unix/Linux but not one that supports both, as the knowledge for supporting 
> one should be better than the knowledge available trying to support both 
> OSs.
>
> All of the current scripting languages can do the same thing, just by 
> different coding methods, and all are available on both platforms, but do 
> have platform limitation. Example you can run ASP/VBScript on Unix/Linux, 
> but you can not use Access or Excel as a data source.
>
> One advantage to using ASP/VBScript/Access (Windows Hosting), is that you 
> will find a lot more support here in this newsgroup, then you will find 
> for PHP and any other scripting language.
>
> Plus you can use the FP database components, which I don't really 
> recommend for other than very basic things. Note: There are folks that 
> have done so amazing things/workaround with the FP database components, 
> but it takes a lot more time and effort, then if you learn to hand code to 
> begin with.
> -- 
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>
> "John" <use_net@puresilver.org> wrote in message 
> news:fdlv01haqjbs75p8t2rrsskdatndtbbq8o@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:35:29 -0500, "Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>The only time saving would be that you load a header, footer and sidebar 
>>>once, however every content
>>>page with associate images or other external content will still take time 
>>>to load, and in general if
>>>the header and footer and sidebar having limited graphics or other 
>>>external content then you are
>>>only saving a few seconds overall after the initial frameset loads.
>>>
>>>JavaScript/DHTML and framesets are both support in all currently used 
>>>graphical browsers. Java
>>>Applets are not widely supported today.
>>>
>>>Server-side scripting is browser independent.
>>
>> Thomas,
>>
>> I'm well aware of your preference in this area. Let me ask
>> this, if you were just starting in web development which
>> language/scripting would you use ? As I recall you us VB Script, right
>> ? I've been reviewing PHP but frankly I just don't think I have the
>> time to become proficient at it.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>   John S. Douglas, Photographer -  http://www.puresilver.org
>>              Please remove the "_" when replying via email
>
>

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