ASP - PHP - JSP ... which is better?
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Topic: ASP - PHP - JSP ... which is better?
Posted By: Kristin123
Subject: ASP - PHP - JSP ... which is better?
Date Posted: 17 October 2008 at 11:20am
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hello all,
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Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 17 October 2008 at 12:01pm
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Umm.. just let me finish my spam sandwich.... I would say that they are generally about the same, though I have never used JSP. They will all be able to produce the same result. When choosing one, You would need to look at the server you are using for example Windows = ASP, Linux = PHP (Again not sure about JSP) Also, past programming experience may be a factor to, as the Syntax is different for these languages so your past experiences may make one language easier to learn than another. Also, I would take into account the fact that Microsoft want to phase ASP out to be replaced by ASP.Net. And with PHP being an Open Source language may mean that it will continue way into the future, adapting to suit the needs of the programmers. ------------- S2H.co.uk - http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/" rel="nofollow - WebWiz Mods and Skins For support on my mods + skins, please use http://www.s2h.co.uk/forum/" rel="nofollow - my forum . |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 17 October 2008 at 12:34pm
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From all the people I have spoken to t Micrsoft they are no plans on phasing out support for ASP from their OS's. Even if they did ASP is just an ISAPI filer, so it would just mean copying the ASP.DLL to the server. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: iSec
Date Posted: 17 October 2008 at 7:28pm
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I don't think it's fair to compare classic ASP with modern PHP. While PHP is still the same extension, it has been continuously updated... however, ASP (still a powerful technology, as evidenced by this forum) was replaced by Microsoft with ASP.NET. Both, PHP and ASP.NET are powerful technologies... PHP is easier to learn than ASP.NET, but if you ever master ASP.NET then you're in a very good shape 
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Posted By: Dave_Live
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 9:53pm
Don't forget that PHP can run on Windows-based computers too  I've used classic ASP forever, have only dabbled in PHP and ASP.net. Classic ASP was easy to start using but as was mentioned earlier ASP.net is another animal. I hope ASP isn't phased out any time soon as I haven't learned ASP.net yet  I guess I go with the scripting language that's "native" to the operating system - if you're M$ Windows user then go with ASP or ASP.net; if Linux -> PHP. Don't know in what instance to use JSP though... ------------- Dave http://www.LiveHelp-Guide.com/ - http://www.LiveHelp-Guide.com/ Live Help Software Reviews |
Posted By: subexpression
Date Posted: 02 February 2009 at 4:35am
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I've been using PHP since around 2003 and it keeps getting better and supports new technologies as time goes on. Recently, my company made a decision to use "approved" platforms, software and technologies. This means, all other servers are VMs...Sun servers running JSP and Oracle. So, I've been forced into JSP. I still get to keep my Apache/MySQL/PHP boxes though  The drawbacks to ASP.NET and JSP are that you need to learn additional programming languages. ASP.NET allows you the choice to run C#, VB.NET, J#, etc. in ASP.NET pages. JSP pages are essentially Java. So, the learning curve for PHP isn't nearly as steep as ASP.NET or JSP. I suggest PHP for the beginner in server-side scripting. The only problem is, with the thousands of PHP tutorials on the web, a new coder can easily pick up bad/sloppy coding practices. |