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Hi there, I am no tech guy but I do know the basics. I do some light programming and data access from DB’s.
First you need to decide which way you want to go, PHP or ASP.NET. The windows (asp.net) path is generally more expensive. PHP is free and hosting is cheaper.
If you decide to go with PHP you will be on http://www.php.net a lot. They have a lot of examples there that make it easy to dive in.
If you choose the asp.net path, http://www.asp.net/Tutorials/quickstart.aspx will get you started. Also, Visual Studio comes with a good help setup.
Is it worth learning? Yes! It takes time but it will not only help you to improve your websites but also give you the stuff to follow tech conversations.
I hope I could help. I just moved my personal website over to asp.net and am really happy with it. Multi-Language capability is built right into it… and much more.
If you have no programming experience, you better stick to HTML. ASP is a mid-level programming language that takes years to master, maybe weeks to pick up the basics. ASP.net is an advanced programming language, and if you have mastery of that you should be able to top a six figure salary pretty quickly. The point is, ASP and ASP.net are not something you can learn overnight. PHP is considered a bit easier to pick up, but you still need to have some programming experience. Otherwise if you are just looking for a way to build a website, pick up a copy of Dreamweaver. You should be comfortable enough to build a site within a couple of days learning that.
hey, thanks for the help.
what type of language do you think would be the best: PHP, ASP, or ASP.net? and which one do you think would be the simplest and most practical one to use?
I have some programming skill, im really good at html and i know alot about javascript. There are two types of webpages I want to build. One with 1000s of products that would be easy to put up, but would take forever to do, and the other type would just be a simple casino website that is easy to manage. Which type of language would be best to use for those two types of designing?
ASP or ASP.net are good programming languages. For myself I like Unix, Linux, C, C++
Java script and good old time DOs.But you are buliding a website here? Probably a mix of boring HTML and Java would be best. There are ways of twining codes together because all programming codes are linked together in one way or another, by necessity.
ASP is not bad but, plan on taking probably a good year to fully appreciate and master. Programming is like a book with many chapters, chapter one would be, say unix and so forth. But they all come from the same book so does HTML.
I have just told you something that should get your mind going.
Start with what you know how to do.. decide what you want in your site.. as the need arises.. learn more.. visit the library, ask lotsa questions… hire someone..whatever works for you
When I joined here, HTML was it for me
. . . coming together sloooowly but surely.. I also found that using a Portal .. while I learn was super helpful! Joomla, seems to be pretty popular.. Godaddy doesnt support it, so I found something they did support Back in 52′ wrote:hey, thanks for the help.what type of language do you think would be the best: PHP, ASP, or ASP.net? and which one do you think would be the simplest and most practical one to use?
I have some programming skill, im really good at html and i know alot about javascript. There are two types of webpages I want to build. One with 1000s of products that would be easy to put up, but would take forever to do, and the other type would just be a simple casino website that is easy to manage. Which type of language would be best to use for those two types of designing?
Yes, you should start with what you know. I’d suggest PHP, it is good to learn more.
BTW, ASP.NET is not really a programming language, it is a Framework. ASP.NET can be sued in conjunction with VB and C# and I believe J++. I myself use ASP.NET C#. If you got the ASP.NET route, you may want to choose VB, there seem to be more examples and tutorials about VB than C#. Also, get Microsoft Visual Studio…
The ASP.NET framework makes multi-language websites really easy. It has a “built-in” system. You just add resource files with the text fields (looks like excel) and it does the rest. The hosting is more expensive though, or that’s what I’ve found.
If you go PHP, php.net will do you a good service. Make sure to get yourself a good editor though. For PHP I use UltraEdit.
Just pick one and dive in.
I’m not an ASP guy but i think PHP is more portable and ASP relies on being on Windows server rather than Unix whereas PHP can run on any.
The reasons to go PHP I would say, from your angle, would be to make your site easier to update (ie: files of daa that you only need change once to affect all pages) like links panels, headers and footers etc and “dynamism” – loading content based on certain criteria fed by parameters (ie: searches etc).
You can get basic scripts for free to do a lot of things and learn from these. If you intend being in the game for the long haul and envisage building a large site, its worth it. If you just think 20 pages of content or so, then maybe HTML is fine. But HTML will be harder to scale in the longer term.
Cheers
Simsi
