ASP!

[coditoergosum]

Warning: the following post contains terms that may be offensive to any self respecting PHP programmer, proceed with caution. (i.e. ASP).

So, I haven't posted here for a while, mainly because my new employer is Microsoft centric and all I have access to is IIS/ASP servers. It's been quite a while since I used ASP, and having grown accustomed to PHP I'm finding it very frustrating to move back into the ASP world. Everything is just so bass-ackwards, and unintuitive.

The most frustrating thing I've ran into though is the lack of good online resources for the ASP programmer. php.net is an amazing resource, and it'd be hard to match it... but I have yet to find anything that even comes close to it in ASP land. MSDN is pretty much worthless in my opinion, and google searching can only get you so far. Does anyone know of a php.net like resource for ASP? I need one place where I can go to get syntax info, info about functions (what's available, return values, etc.), etc.

My heart still belongs with PHP, but until I can convince our CIO to get us a server with PHP I'm stuck coding in ASP. I know none of you will want to admit having any ASP knowledge... but I'd much appreciate it if you could help a brother out.

[Weedpacket]

Dunno, but I installed PHP on my desktop machine... keeps me amused.

[piersk]

Have you had a look at DevGuru? it's good for things like VBScript functions and also ADO stuff. Also, try ASP101. I've nearly always been able to find an answer to most questions just by either copying and pasting the error number into google (if I have an error number), or going to PHPBuilder's sister site, Webdeveloper. Although they don't have as many members as PHPBuilder, they often have an answer.

Finally, have you had a look at Experts Exchange.

[bliss322]

I know exactly what you're talking about! my dayjob is asp, so i've had to stay up on it. there are so many more good php resources out there. i believe it illustrates the difference between open source and proprietary technology as far as community goes.

anyhoo,

aspmessageboard.com is a good quick answer message board resource. they get back to you pretty fast

aspfaqs.com is good for basic knowledge and syntax reminders

4guysfromrolla.com is good for articles, although these days they focus more on .net.

aspin.com is good for code samples, too

[Weedpacket]

No-one's mentioned msdn.microsoft.com ... kinda telling that 🙂

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by Weedpacket
No-one's mentioned msdn.microsoft.com ... kinda telling that 🙂

except the OP did 😉

MSDN is pretty much worthless in my opinion

[Weedpacket]

Nyah nyah.

[instinctdesign]

Sounds like this summer. I'm not a great coder, so the fact that I know PHP (kinda) is a bit of a miracle. Figures I get an internship where all I can use is ColdFusion. (US Government, good luck getting them to switch to something better that doesn't cost an arm and a leg!)

That said, I can't stand ASP and CF actually wasn't that bad, though I still came back to PHP.

[coditoergosum]

Thanks for all of the great info guys. I'm slowly sharpening my ASP skills... but damn, the learning curve is so much higher than PHP. AND, I actually used to know ASP (a little). Ugh.

Anyway, yeah, MSDN sucks for the most part... but it's better than nothing. I think with all of the other links you all posted I should be able to survive. haha