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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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