3) What is asp? why would I want to use it?
Why would you want to use it?
You got me 😉
I love microsoft, but Active Server Pages ain't my thing.
8) There is a Microsoft ASP training
certification - is it any good - will I
learn ASP? Is it worth the cost?
"Certification" is like taking finals in school. You don't take a test to learn, just to prove to everyone else that you have learned.
That's what certification is. You need to learn alot about ASP before you can pass it.
There are preparation books that are sold, so try finding a place that sells them and thumb through them. That way you can see how much you'd need to know to pass such a test.
As for worth the cost...I don't really know the cost, heh. Being certified by the company that makes a technology can't hurt your resume...unless your trying to get a job at RedHat grin.
10) What books, sites would you recommend
and why?
If you have any programming experiance what so ever, go to php.net and download the html version of the PHP manual.
That's how I actually learned PHP. It's the only thing I've ever seen that the best begining tutorial is the manual.
As for sites:
http://php.net/links.php
That's the best there is. You'll find links to nearly any site I or anyone else could mention.
Between php.net and zend.com, you'll find everything you need to know.
So now that most of your questions have been answered, I'm going to take my shot at having fun with your 4th question.
Those who value their sanity may wish to stop reading now.
4) Why are there so MANY ways of doing the
same job? Why isn't there just one way of
doing it?
(I may end up making this into a lengthy article...won't exactly make it into history.com, but hopefully it'll be entertaining)
One day, many years ago, 5 cavemen went out hunting.
The first caveman saw a wild boar, which he thought would make a great dinner. So he took off all his clothes, screamed at the top of his lungs, and ran right towards the wild boar's head.
As you can imagine, this situation ended rather badly. We will refer to this...err..."method" as the "USCD Pascal method for wild boar hunting". Alternatively it can be refered to as the "WML method for wildboar hunting", but let's not anger the restless natives.
The second caveman decided he was going to have that wild boar for dinner. So he taunted the wild boar into charging, and then ran away. Right as the wild boar was about to goar the man, he reached a cliff and jumped off, the boar falling off right behind him. And the women did come and collect the boar, and had a nice meal from the squishy and scattered boar parts (the caveman was tasty too).
This shall be refered to as the "Java method for wild boar hunting".
And the 3rd caveman saw of these events, and wandered off to find some grass, of which he did eat and say that he enjoyed, with a pained look upon his face.
This shall be known as the "Macintosh method for grass hunting".
The 4th man decided there must be a better way, and spent many moons pondering the perdickerment (let us hope that is not a prehistoric pun). Finally, the man knew what he must do.
The caveman found a great tall tree. Using a small blunt rock, he spent many days breaking parts of the tree off, untill he finally had a nearly chopped down tree, that was over 100 feet tall.
Borrowing from the "Java method of wild boar hunting", he found a wild boar and taunted it into charging. He then quickly ran away, with the boar close behind him. As he reached the tree the man hit the tree with his head, causing the last piece of wood to give way, and the tree fell over- crushing the skull of the caveman, but also instantly clubbing the wild boar to death.
And the women did come and collect the wild boar, and did feast happily.
This is known as the "ASP method of wild boar hunting".
The 5th man decided all these ways of hunting boars was just stupid.
So he found a boar and walked towards it. Just as the boar noticed his presence, the man pulled out a shotgun and nearly blew the damn head off of the wild boar.
And the man did collect the boar and take it back to the cave, and the women did prepare a great meal, and the natives rejoyced.
The Great Book of Technology, chapter 6, verse 12-35:
And this man was called "Rasmus, the founder of the great PHP method for wild boar hunting". And the people did eat of the boar.
And then-after they did feast of stork, and of the calf, and of the deer, and of the carp, and of the bear, and likewise of the great eagle, and of the...
err...skipping ahead...
Amen.
Next time we shall hear of the methods for wild boar, and grass, hunting as told by Confucious.
bows Thank you, thank you.
