Is the use of regular asp still acceptable?

Chandler_90 · 11 Feb 2010 at 21:38

As per thread title really.

I'm looking at using asp to code a website and just wanted to know if there was any sign of deprecation looming

I don't really know much php.. so would like to stick to asp for quickness

BlackDragon · 11 Feb 2010 at 21:42

Any special features on the website like paypal checkouts, etc?

A friend of my tried doing a site for a business using ASP and he had some real hurdles with trying to get it working with modern stuff like the paypal checkout.

Chandler_90 · 11 Feb 2010 at 22:00

Nope, the asp will only be used to code the back end of the website and interact with a database.

Inquisitor · 11 Feb 2010 at 22:03

Classic ASP is pretty much obsolete now. You'd benefit a fair bit from spending a little time learning PHP or .NET.

kkbigal · 11 Feb 2010 at 22:21

Inquisitor said:
Classic ASP is pretty much obsolete now. You'd benefit a fair bit from spending a little time learning PHP or .NET.

If you're not on a tight deadline, I would seriously recommend looking at ASP.NET - it really will be worth the time and effort in the long run.

GravyMonster · 12 Feb 2010 at 08:51

For small projects at work we still use a classic ASP CMS which was written a few years ago. TBH, for maintenance and changes it has a far quicker turn around than ASP.Net.

Izi · 12 Feb 2010 at 09:38

ignore.

akakjs · 12 Feb 2010 at 13:35

kkbigal said:
If you're not on a tight deadline, I would seriously recommend looking at ASP.NET - it really will be worth the time and effort in the long run.

And if your coming from classic ASP it might be easier to go with ASP.NET MVC rather than the older webforms system. ASP.Net webforms smells of MS trying to pretend the web and windows are the same thing, this was a major headscratcher when I moved from classic ASP. I'm not saying webforms is bad, it's just very easy to write bad code in it.

akakjs

Inquisitor · 12 Feb 2010 at 23:11

akakjs said:
And if your coming from classic ASP it might be easier to go with ASP.NET MVC rather than the older webforms system. ASP.Net webforms smells of MS trying to pretend the web and windows are the same thing, this was a major headscratcher when I moved from classic ASP. I'm not saying webforms is bad, it's just very easy to write bad code in it.

akakjs

Took the words straight out of my mouth. That's basically the reason I don't like standard ASP.NET. I haven't tried ASP.NET MVC yet, but it looks good.