Re: Berkeley ASP users?

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From: Sara Golemon (saramg@uclink4.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 28 2001 - 19:21:51 PDT

Helen-

  While I've used ASP several times in the past, I would *NOT* consider it the
best option for web scripting / database access. Take a moment to look at
http://php.net/ PHP is a web scripting language based loosely on perl. It has
all the database accessability of ASP and then some. It is also far more
portable, a script written for use on IIS under NT is typically usable under
Unix/Apache with little to no modification. Further, PHP supports many features
simply not found in ASP (for a list, see the Documentation under php.net).

  Overall, I rate the big three web scripting languages as follows:

* PHP
    Pros: Fast, Scalable, Portable, Extensible, Online Documentation is second
to none, supports WIDE range of functions
    Cons: A little harder to learn for those without experience in Perl, Java, or C

* ASP
    Pros: Already built into IIS (PHP, as a third party extension requires a
short installation process -- this is a weak plus)
    Cons: Limited functionality, non-portable, file-uploads are obfuscate and
awkward

* Cold Fusion
    Pros: Extremely easy to learn for the non-programmer, good technical support
for vendor and third parties, somewhat portable to other platforms
    Cons: Almost zero extensibility, very limited functionality, slow

I'd be happy to provide support in getting php setup and getting accostomed to
using it via email if you're interrested...

-Sara Golemon
Office of Human Resources

Quoting Helen Kim <helki@uclink4.berkeley.edu>:

> Hello Berkeley techies:
>
> I'm just wondering if there's anyone out there who is also implementing
> ASP
> on their website.
> I'm in the midst of converting everything to ASP, since it's provides
> good
> database access, etc...
>
> Please e-mail me back, I'd love to talk with you!
>
> Thanks for your attention,
> Helen
> Helen (Hye Y.) Kim
> Webmaster /Programmer Analyst
> http://CSSR.berkeley.edu
> Center for Social Services Research
> 120 Haviland Hall
> University of California at Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720-7400
> 510-642-1894
>
>
>

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