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[Official Techie]

if i make a website in asp.net using Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition can i upload it to a free website maker website and suggest some websites to do it

and is creation in asp.net that fruitful it is not that tough but the any other language of preference

is anyone going to answer or not

help help Brain drain of geeks i think

geekdom is finishing i think or not please answer my question or i should think that forum has attained its heights

what happened to u all will u answer my question

[tuxfan]

I guess the better alternative to asp.net is php. Its far better because its platform independent. With ASP, you will be stuck with Windows Hosting or have chillisoft ASP (http://www.sun.com/software/chilisoft/) in Linux server.

I have not come across a free hosting provider so far that provides chilisoft ASP. Nor have I so far come across some free + reliable Windows hosting provider.

PHP is powerful enough to do lots of things including running this forum!! It does so in association with MySQL database. PHP+MySQL is a very good and capable combo.

Edit: Spelling/grammer mistake corrected

[kalpik]

yup.. LAMP (Linux Apache PHP MySQL) is the best combo right now.

[FatBeing]

@Official Techie: What type of web site do you want to develop? It would make little sense to use ASP.net for a personal site.

@tuxfan: Chilisoft is for ASP—ASP.net is a whole different kettle of fish.

[tuxfan]

My bad! You are right fatbeing. ASP and ASP.net are different and chillisoft is for ASP
http://www.devpapers.com/article/22
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...pvsnetlab3.asp

One alternative to ASP.net (or .net in general) is MONO (http://www.mono-project.com/)

But I would still suggest using LAMP

[FatBeing]

Originally Posted by tuxfan

But I would still suggest using LAMP

Hear hear.

ASP.net ties you to MS platforms on all levels. Argh.

Though I must say that PHP scripting can be quite painful if it's a large amount of code. With ASP.net, all your programming logic can be written in VB/C# in a DLL that is completely separate from the web pages, so unlike PHP, you don't have to deal with pages that are half HTML and half something else.

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Yeah I Agree With Fatbeing , But if you put so much time into your code you wouldn't fo it on free hosting !

that's why php is used by most , just for small works and not huge libraries of code .

[Official Techie]

i am developing a site for my dads biz i m using asp net coz i have downloaded all the videos and projects of visual studio 2005 and it helps me completely develop site easily by seeing videos and in visual web developer

[tuxfan]

Well, well. Since you have already decided the discussion remains only academic and can fill pages after pages. But my last 2 cents

ASP.net like many M$ products will surely be very easy to use (although I have never used it). But recurring costs on hosting, etc. could be higher. Additionally, it would be pretty difficult to find free tools (like website maker or hosting) for it. If you value reliability, you will have to go for paid options with Windows hosting.

PHP on the on the other hand may be a little difficult (and more like C in coding). But consider the power of PHP and why people chose it. Let me give you some examples of web-applications made in PHP.

1. vBulletin (this forum is on vBulletin)
2. phpBB (Previous version of this forum)
3. WordPress (most popular blogging tool)
4. phpNuke (CMS)
5. Joomla/Mambo (CMS)

This list itself could extend to a few pages. So many people can't be wrong

And from the legality and morality point of view, php is free, asp.net isn't

[chota_rod_waala]

make php dont use asp tanxx...

[Official Techie]

ok i will try to use php but i wnt some very good sites for downloading tutorial videos or pdf tutorials and suggest a good php designer

[tuxfan]

http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/ - this one's very light

BTW, if you are expecting some Visual Studio type of IDE then you may not find anything for PHP. You will have to write code in PHP and you must also have knowledge of HTML.

Some years ago, I was very fond of 1st Page. You can have a look at it at http://www.evrsoft.com/1stpage3.shtml

[JGuru]

You can use PHP. It's very easy using PHP. Even Java JSP can do the job.
But there are lot things to learn. So LAMP is a better choice.

[Official Techie]

can u give me some ready made code in php for a page which can be only entered through password like username and password

[tuxfan]

Wow!! The next thing you will ask is "can someone design my site for free?"

Just kidding. You will need a MySQL database for this. Or at least a text file that can save various usernames and passwords if security is not an issue.

You can try http://www.hotscripts.com for some free scripts