Why use ASP?

[ResolutionsNET]

Can are one give me reasons why someone should use ASP instead of say PERL or PHP? What benefits can be gained?

 

[onpnt]

There is no particular reasoning behind one should be used over the other. Of course the one reason there is not one language is every language has its strong points. Why use ASP instead of PEARL, PHP ..... if you are better and more comfortable with using ASP (vbscript,javascript) verses using PHP or PEARL. Learning more languages and components is a very good thing to do and you should at one time or another. it's part of the game of making things faster and better. but if you have a application or site or whatever you are going to develop you want to pick the language that you are good at and comfortable with so what you end up with is good quality. Then after that fact you can experiment with other languages and styles of processing to see if you can improve on the performance. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

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[krisbrixon]

Each language has benefits and drawbacks.

You have to find the language that has many of the benefits that matter to you and few of the drawbacks that affect you.

Things to look at:
- What type of OS can it run on.
- How easy is it to find information / help / tutorials / tips.
- How much stuff (language or components) will you have to buy to do what you want to do and can you afford that.
- What type of preformance do I need (or can afford).

Reasons I use ASP / ASP.NET:
- I was not allowed to spend ANY money.
- We were using Windows NT Server with IIS.
- We are a Windows development house.
- I already knew VB.

Kris

 

[HellTel]

php needs installing, asp doesn't.

 

[crazyboybert]

There is one BIG advantage to PHP/PERL over ASP for server side scripting which is the portability aspect. You can run the PHP and PERL engines under Apache Web Server on UNIX or windows machines. That being said I use and prefer ASP for the high level of support and the readily available plug in components.