ASP Vs Php..which??

[adamadan]

hi... I am new here and very new in ASP and PHP...

I am planning to practice ASP or Php, but I don't know where should I be.

what are features of ASP and nothing in Php??
Is it ASP is easy than PhP??regarding codes or whatever..why??
what software or IDE should I use if I'm in ASP/Php???

expert here....thanks in advance...
____________________________________
http://michael1234539.blogspot.com

 

[mentalhard]

Beside the other advantages of the ASP.NET over PHP including the compiling the main advantage for the BEGINNERS is that there is not that good IDE for PHP like you have for the ASP.NET. Visual Studio provides intelissense which is extremly useful especially if you have never coded in the certain language (technique) before.
Some will come and probably tell about the other advantages but i think that the one i pointed out is the biggest for the N00b's.

HTH

 

[shawne]

PHP is crossplatform. I don't know that you can host an asp page on a 'nix box, let alone use MSSQL for a backend on it. Please correct me if i'm wrong. My 'nix expierence is very limited.As far as a developement environment, I don't use it, I usually use a highlighting text editor like Context to do my editing, but Adobe's DreamWeaver is fairly decent and may be what you are looking for as far as PHP is concerned.

 

[mentalhard]

Actually even on that field things are getting better. Recently i was asked to install an ASP.NET application on a UNIX server and it works just perfect with the MONO. You are right about the MSSQL but MySQL did the job pretty good.
And finally if you make comparison between Dreamweaver and Visual Studio then please install the VS before you comment it. Obviously you have not experienced all the features of the VS (especially the latest version which is VS 2008).
Dreamweaver is far behind the VS.
And after all PHP is open-source (i guess you know more about it).
Please no offense. I just wanted to point out my opinions. Well maybe i overreacted a bit. Sorry if so.

 

[shawne]

I was referring to Dream Weaver strictly from the PHP perspective. It's been a long time since i've done any work in it, so.. I use VS 2005 on a daily basis. I have not worked with 2008 yet and I have not done any serious web-development in VS. I use VS for development of my VB apps. and use ConTEXT for the limited amount of PHP scripting i've done lately.

The main thing I was getting at was the portability of PHP/MySQL. To my knowledge (in the past anyway) PHP had an edge over ASP because of this, but I am by no means a guru. I know enough to get me by and thats about it.

As far as me comparing Dreamweaver to VS ... I made no such comparison at all. If you saw a comparison, I have no idea where. My post was strictly in regards to PHP for which DreamWeaver works nicely.

 

[giadich]

See that newbie that started out the same time as you did??? He's getting further and further ahead... Choose one and start to run with it... and run as fast as you can.

The point is there are plenty of good jobs out there for both technologies so long as you are good with it. Pick one and get up to speed as fast as you can.

 

[UncleRonin]

I totally agree. It's always good to know a lot of different languages but if you can specialise in one you'll make life a lot easier for yourself.

As far as asp and php go they are pretty much equal. PHP has very common syntax and is very easy to learn. There is a huge amount of support for it as well. I would never use it for anything graphics or control intensive though. I have never come across a decent IDE for php - the best one was the PHP addin for VS! Dream weaver must be avoided at all costs and I think it is horrific. Maybe the latest version has changed but last time I checked, all it does is slow down development and add tons and tons of redundant code. I would literally use something like Notepad instead.

If you want to go into modern web development and always keep up to date with all the latest and most exciting things like the AJAX wave then ASP is definitely the way to go. Installation and use of pretty much everything is quick and painless and the development is incredibly fast plus the supoprt base is growing so its getting even better over time. You can do the same things in PHP as ASP but the amount of time spent is so much longer and its hellishly difficult at times.

Cross platform favours PHP because of its simplicity and MS being MS but luckily there are folks out there that are covering all the bases so pretty soon that won't be much of a problem.

In the future ASP will dominate. PHP is still good but its losing its edge. I would still learn both though, just focus more on ASP.

 

[adamadan]

thanks for nice reply guys...this is a big credit for all of you.. I am just a beginner in two languages but I will do my all best to learn the two and someday I can share too.....
thanks again guys....

regards
adam