Server side Javascipt vs ASP and other server side languages
I would like to know which is the most simplest server side languages out there to learn?
I know that there are quite a number of server side languages like ASP, CGI, ASP.net, perl, coldfusion and many more.
I know HTML and some javascript and I am planning to design a e-commerce website soon using the skills I have and I am learning new skills. I am also wanting to learn a server side language for the purpose of database connections and sending mail through the web application. so which would be the best choice?
Since I know some javascript, would it not be much simpler for me to go for server side javascript since it requires knowledge of core javascript along with the use of additional objects within javascript?
could someone also tell me if SSJS is used today by programmers and also the differences between SSJS and ASP?
I also wonder why people think of javascript as being a client side language when in fact it is both-serverside and client side.
could someone answer all my questions.
bja888 (not verified) posted this at 17:36 — 19th September 2005.
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If all you know is Html and JavaScript you are at least a year from making a e-commerce site. I suggest you fallow the path I took. (the road less traveled) ASP is not actually a language in its self. It uses other a verity of languages that you can pick from. More for ASP.NET then asp classic.
One of those languages is JScript. Not JavaScript! JScript is actually a modified version of JavaScript. The basic framework for the server stuff is the same. It will be much easier than learning a while new language (VB).
After you get a good understanding of asp classic and JScript move to ASP.NET and JScript.NET the biggest difference is now you have to specify data types. I went on to learn C#.NET but you don't have to take that step.
vampiro posted this at 00:13 — 21st September 2005.
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I am having been doing some more web research and I want to go for the simplest option available, something that is easy to learn and not too difficult.
However knowing HTML and javascript is not enough to create a e-commerce website. I plan on learning some server side technology. I came across some information on a program called coldfusion by macromedia and found out that it can access different database systems such as access, mysql, mssql, sql server 7 etc. And it is also used to create dynamic Web applications and interactive Web sites. eg.e-commerce web applications using CFML which is similar to HTML tags.
Has anyone got any experience in using coldfusion to set up their websites on the server? Can coldfusion support other scripts such as javascript and how good is the performance? what other languages and scripts are supported by coldfusion MX7?
rehash posted this at 19:04 — 21st September 2005.
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you should continue with php
Tudor.b posted this at 20:56 — 3rd October 2005.
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PHP is easier to understand, if you have programming background in C/C++, Java etc. Reading ASP VB code in these circumstances, it`s like being forced to watch tampons comercials all day.
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