Which would be best?
I am wanting to get into the E-commerce side of web designing but don't really want to have to learn 10 new languages, if I had to pick only one new coding language what would be best to learn?
End result is I'd like to be able to make a site like Ebay, Amazon etc, but probably more ebay style.
Java, ASP, PHP ... ?
Thanks
Busy
merlin posted this at 06:09 — 11th July 2001.
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you should be able to do some database-programming (mysql, ...).
and, of course this depends on who you're asking, asp, php or perl. i personally prefer perl, but in the end it doesn't matter wether you take php or perl (http://www.perl.com or http://www.cpan.org), both open-source.
Gyrbo posted this at 08:22 — 11th July 2001.
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PHP is based on Perl. I like PHP better because it's specially designed for websites. php.net
Hundley posted this at 13:17 — 11th July 2001.
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I recently bought an informative "Learn ASP" book from Amazon to do the exact same thing you are attempting to do -get into the eCommerce market. What a hassle! I spent nights and nights trying to learn the language and change their examples to fix my project specs. After finally completing the site, I was showing it to another web guru that I know and explained my situation. He took me to a site that he had built using Cold Fusion. Man, what a difference! Easy to build, easy to change, user friendly etc etc etc. For example, in seriously 5 minutes, he was able to show me how to create a form that would collect all the information and send me and the user an email... it was great. The price for CF isn't that bad but your host needs to run the CF server software and it is over $1000...
Gyrbo posted this at 19:40 — 13th July 2001.
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Hmm, kinda expecive. I heard there was a freeware version of CF. Any ideas on that?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 23:06 — 13th July 2001.
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hi busy,
for the kind of site you want, i suggest php or cf.
i totally agree. most asp code varies depending on the server's specs. it can be a cumbersome process getting something to work specifically on your server. asp hosts (especially M$ wind0ws ones) also have security issues.
i would definitely go for either PHP or CF
Busy posted this at 00:30 — 14th July 2001.
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Thanks everyone for replying
Is PHP browser compatible - universal, suits most browsers?
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 01:04 — 14th July 2001.
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hi busy,
php is server-side. browser doesn't matter. only the server needs to support it.
Busy posted this at 02:21 — 14th July 2001.
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Thanks Abhishek Reddy
After I posted this I saw someone mention php.net so went and checked it out and found the answer to the question, also a few other things,
like PHP vs ASP, PHP vs CF, PHP vs Perl etc
http://www.php.net/FAQ.php#9.1
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