Tudor.b — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:56:16 +0000

PHP is easier to understand, if you have programming background in C/C++, Java etc. Reading ASP VB code in these circumstances, it`s like being forced to watch tampons comercials all day.

rehash — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 19:04:37 +0000

you should continue with php

vampiro — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 00:13:26 +0000

I am having been doing some more web research and I want to go for the simplest option available, something that is easy to learn and not too difficult.

However knowing HTML and javascript is not enough to create a e-commerce website. I plan on learning some server side technology. I came across some information on a program called coldfusion by macromedia and found out that it can access different database systems such as access, mysql, mssql, sql server 7 etc. And it is also used to create dynamic Web applications and interactive Web sites. eg.e-commerce web applications using CFML which is similar to HTML tags.

Has anyone got any experience in using coldfusion to set up their websites on the server? Can coldfusion support other scripts such as javascript and how good is the performance? what other languages and scripts are supported by coldfusion MX7?

bja888 — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:36:45 +0000

If all you know is Html and JavaScript you are at least a year from making a e-commerce site. I suggest you fallow the path I took. (the road less traveled) ASP is not actually a language in its self. It uses other a verity of languages that you can pick from. More for ASP.NET then asp classic.

One of those languages is JScript. Not JavaScript! JScript is actually a modified version of JavaScript. The basic framework for the server stuff is the same. It will be much easier than learning a while new language (VB).

After you get a good understanding of asp classic and JScript move to ASP.NET and JScript.NET the biggest difference is now you have to specify data types. I went on to learn C#.NET but you don't have to take that step.