hotcut — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:40:28 +0000

I have so desided to learn ASP in stead, while that will be able to run direcktly from my computer. I have allready started, but I want it out on the internet... Can anyone give me a suggestien to a free website provider (such as geocities) that supports ASP? I have been looking for that in quite a while now, but without any result... I realy hope that someone can help me... I cant realy afford to buy my own server so...

Vincent Puglia — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 04:43:05 +0000

Hi Chris,

Cold Fusion is like a combination of html & javascript. So if you are good at those, it shouldn't be that difficult to learn. I personally have never used it for anything, but I have helped a number of people with their code. Also, I know that the old javascripts.com at earthweb crashed a lot because of it. But I suspect that was because the code was spaghetti more than code.
If you are thinking for the future, though, I would learn asp or php first. You should be able to learn ColdFusion a week before you take any contracts. (no offense to any cold fusion people out there

Vinny

Chris Embry — Mon, 02 Oct 2000 22:29:33 +0000

What about Cold Fusion? Would that be a good place to start for someone looking to develop web applications without any programming experience?

I have heard that it is pretty easy to learn and you can create some good web applications with it.

Thanks!

hotcut — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 15:41:53 +0000

Thanks, I ´will look at the wook, when I get sobar

I apreciate all the help that you goys have given me...

Casper

Mark Hensler — Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:02:07 +0000

If you need an online reference, http://php.net is the best.

If you want a book, I recommend the 'PHP4 Bible' written by: Tim Converse and Joyce Park [publisher: IDG].

hotcut — Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:39:28 +0000

PHP it is

I have seen all the mails, and I have decided to start learning PHP!

I have been looking at http://php.resourceindex.com and I think that it will be just the place for me to start!

You will probably hear back from me later, when I have problems with the programming...

Thanks for all the quick ansvers.
Casper

Mark Hensler — Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:35:55 +0000

I know both ASP and PHP [fairly well, if I may say so].

PHP is easier. It has more similarities to javascript than ASP [such as curly braces]. Variable handling is also easier in PHP [no data types, and no 'request' objects].

For what I think you'll be doing, don't worry about that stuff. If your on a *nix box, use PHP [or perl]. If your on a NT box, use ASP. Most servers don't support both languages on one box, so just learn the one that they have on it.

mjames — Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:31:25 +0000

ASP and PHP are both good languages to learn. Do whatever is more appealing to you. Personally, both can be used equally on a web site, but would be more interested in learning PHP first.

Mike Fisher — Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:23:49 +0000

Hoooo-wang!

PHP is easier to learn than ASP, in my humbled opinion. I dun like ASP too much.. anyways!

http://php.resourceindex.com is my favorite PHP tutorial place.

hotcut — Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:13:03 +0000

What can you do with PHP? Can you make all sorts of databases, as I know that you can using ASP, and will it be easyer for me to learn?

What is the best PHP toturial then? Maybe you can tell me...

Casper