>> Indeed, many credit Microsoft's success to its highly regarded programming tools, which make it easier for developers to write software that run on Windows.
I think that quote was referring to Visual Studio and ASP.NET. FrontPage is a piece of total crapware that spits out obfuscated HTML, but VS 7 is actually pretty good, especially since it lets you keep the code separate from the HTML unlike ASP classic. The problem I have with ASP and PHP is that the code will become totally spaghetti-fied unless you are VERY careful with it, and trying to decipher someone else's ASP code is usually a total nightmare.
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>> Indeed, many credit Microsoft's success to its highly regarded programming tools, which make it easier for developers to write software that run on Windows.
I think that quote was referring to Visual Studio and ASP.NET. FrontPage is a piece of total crapware that spits out obfuscated HTML, but VS 7 is actually pretty good, especially since it lets you keep the code separate from the HTML unlike ASP classic. The problem I have with ASP and PHP is that the code will become totally spaghetti-fied unless you are VERY careful with it, and trying to decipher someone else's ASP code is usually a total nightmare.