I'm a PHP freak and have limited use of ASP. Do I need something special to run an ASP script? I know CGI/Perl can be a little different and have never tryed running ASP. Please help
True ASP needs to run on Windows with IIS or Personal Web Server. However there are some ASP solutions for linux, but they run with limited support and would only be good for very simple ASP scripts. Check into Personal Web Server for your version of Windows even if the version does not support it there is a way around and you can install it .
It depends if you are are talking about classic ASP (like PHP) or .Net (the next version of PHP is rumoured to be similar to this) If it is .Net (highly recommended) then download a Visual Web Developer Express from the microsoft website (its free) and this gives you a development tool with a built in test server which is 99% the same as IIS - the one key difference is that with the test server everything goes through the .Net framework where as by default they dont in IIS
I think you will catch it quick if you know programming in general, moreover, PHP has the same conscept. However, PHP is unique language and not even similar with the usual programming language, but well, it's all depends... look for some tutorials and see if you underestand it fast
Do you mean ASP or ASP.Net? If it is ASP, stick with PHP. If it is ASP.Net, you made the right choice.
It is in fact ASP.NET After a few weeks of coding I see the a sure advantage of ASP.NET over ASP Thanks for the info