Open Source Software for ASPs?

PsychoKodiac wonders: "I am querying the Slashdot community for help concerning ASP pages. I am currently looking for a solution to create and serve ASP content off of my own computer for the time being. I have been referred to mono_mod and SharpDevelop but I am having a difficult time finding guides or references for using these two Open Source products together. I am attracted to them due to the lack of funds needed to use them. I am hoping some one may be able to refer me to guides or perhaps an alternative to these two products if sufficient guides are not present due to the fact that mono_mod and SharpDevelop are still in development."

Comments

Get your feet wet!

[QuietRiot]

Jump in and start developing! This is a wonderful way to learn your way around these new packages and explore what they currently can and cannot do. Download the source, compile and try and add a feature your project needs. Give yourself a Saturday or Sunday if you have to work otherwise and see what you can make of it. You'll soon discover whether or not it's ready for your project.

ASP is not open source

[Claire-plus-plus]

I would say that your best bet would be to use something that is actually open source like PHP. ASP does some pretty cool stuff granted but open source is open source and ASP is not. If you want to save money go with PHP (or JSP not that I know much about JSP). The main benefit of using open source software like PHP or JSP is that you don't have to use a Mico$oft server.

Re:Please evolve

[tim256]

Yes, JSP, php, servlets, and ASP.Net are all superior technologies to ASP. However, I sometimes use ASP for simple intranet sites. It's a little easier than other web languages if you are using Windows. All you have to do is turn on IIS and drop in your asp files. Doesn't everyone already know VB script anyways?

On the post, the guy said something about mono. Why would you use mono, unless you are using linux or unix? If you're using linux, why would you want to use ASP.Net? That's insane! The original poster needs to buy a book on web development before going further.

Re:Then he should object to the instructor

[damiam]

And how awful would it be if a course could be completed only with a specific textbook that all students were forced to buy? Oh, the horror!

Know what you are doing.

[__aafkqj3628]

Are you talking about ASP or ASP.NET?

If you are talking about ASP and you're not running Windows, then you'll probably need something like ChillISoft ASP. It's old, not free, but that's the price you pay for using legacy technologies on unsupported systems.

If you're talking about ASP.NET, then you're looking for mono. I'd suggest you go to http://www.go-mono.net/ and read the documentation there or even use Google. There's more than enough information there to guide you through setup and mailing-lists for these kinds of questions.

Slashdot's mods approve questions like this (unclear, unstructured, and could be solved with Google), yet reject perfectly good questions that might be of interest to other people.

Re:Please evolve

[der_joachim]

ASP is dead. Please upgrade to the current century.

Disagreed. ASP is still widely used. I don't like it. It lacks some nice nifty stuff that is almost standard for languages such as PHP or Perl. But as long as it comes with PWS/IIS, it will be used by developers.