Hello Everyone!!! I wish to know what you people use for normal website and web application development and why?? Thanks.
Apache is free www server, U can run it on Windows or Unix. It works very well with PHP IIS is from Microsoft. Used with ASP. ASP support is embedded unlike PHP, which is mostly used as an add on. It deends on application you are trying to omplement. I use both. www.web-4-you.ca
I have to use both because I develop for multiple web-languages but most my "Work-related" sites are IIS based with MsSQL 2k5 backend - and most my "Personal-related" sites are Apache.
I use Apache because I have always used Apache, whether on a Windows or *nix machine. However, I am beginning to seriously question whether Apache is the right choice and I hope to start doing live tests on other systems, particularly LightTPD. IIS is free with the server editions of Windows and XP Pro. But, the version bundled with Server 2007 or Longhorn looks very interesting, offering out of the box support for fastcgi, which allows greater cooperation with PHP.
Apache ... everyone uses apache Well, almost everyone. Apache is definitely the most stable option too.
I use IIS 6 that comes built in with Windows server 2003. I use mainly ASP.NET which is built into IIS and you can easily add support for PHP and PERL if you need. So i can run both PHP and ASP apps on the same server, which is exactly what i do now. It works perfect for me! I highly recommend IIS 6.0 or above! J.