Comments on: ASP 101

By: chung

chung — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

If I can start over again, I’d think I should have learnt PHP in University as appose to ASP. The reason being is that Windows hosting in Australia cost an arm and a leg.

Another great resource is http://www.4guysfromrolla.com, one of the best ASP, ASP.NET tutorial sites out on the web.

Cheers

HostMania

By: session

session — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

if you prefer, you can do asp using jscript
which is much nicer in syntax than vbscript

you can include files by doing:

var a;
a=”subpage.js”;
server.execute(a);

this iis,asp,jscript page does it using an array of page names

By: php person

php person — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

One thing that I’ve found that I use frequently and can’t duplicate in ASP are including files using variables as the file name.

I can do this in PHP

$inc_file = isset($_REQUEST["f"]) ? $_REQUEST["f"] : “default.html”;

include_once($inc_file);

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Anything you can do with PHP, you can do with ASP/ASP.net (or JSP for that matter). I use PHP for my blog because the hosting is cheap…

By: sean

sean — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hrm… looks like my english is all goofy this morning. Drop out that first you’re.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Most importantly never forgot to add

Option explicit (close off tags)

It’ll save ya loads of time in the long run when debugging and also let you know when you mistype variables and stuff. Plus I find that it speeds up the site’s code…

By: sean

sean — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I hope you’re they aren’t just teaching you legacy ASP. If you’re making the effort, go a little further to ASP.NET. Btw, Chilisoft rules on a *nix box. Pricey but worth it if you need to run ASP and don’t want to run Windows.