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Basic-like language named VBScript, and comes with a slick environment<br />

that makes it easy to rapidly develop dynamic websites.<br />

In the latest .Net version, servers can actually run whole programs using the<br />

Visual Basic .Net and C# programming languages. This is a powerful feature,<br />

allowing full-fledged programming languages to be used to generate HTML<br />

pages, and Microsoft counts on it to differentiate ASP from other solutions.<br />

As recently as 2001, ASP was the leading solution for dynamic web pages (it<br />

was beaten by PHP the next year), and it still ha a lot of momentum. Open<br />

source languages can seem unreliable to managers, and they were often<br />

unwilling to make the change from technology that had the backing of a big<br />

company like Microsoft. Companies are now starting to make the change,<br />

although quite a few are c to Java instead of PHP.<br />

IIS Alternatives.<br />

Since so many people want to switch away from IIS, a market has opened up<br />

in helping them to do so while letting them keep their ASP code – after all, it<br />

wouldn't be any good if they had to start over in PHP, would it? So here’s the<br />

list of IIS alternatives.<br />

Really, the best thing to do is to stay away from IIS to begin with – yes, it's<br />

easy to write web pages in VBScript, and, yes, IIS does come for free with<br />

Windows, but in the long run it really isn't worth the hassle.<br />

Setting up a Test Server on Your Own Computer.<br />

When you're developing a website, you need to see it in action on a real<br />

server, to see how it will work. While you could upload your pages to your<br />

web host every time you make a change, this quickly gets time-consuming<br />

and tiresome. Wouldn't it be great if you could have a little test server of<br />

your own? Well, the server is nothing but a piece of software – so you can!<br />

Please note that, for the purposes of this ebook, I will assume you're using<br />

Windows as your operating system.<br />

Installing an IIS Test Server.<br />

While using IIS isn't recommended, a test server is very easy to install. All<br />

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