Will VB6 do?

[aio]

I am building a simple interactive website for my little business. I’m almost done with the clients-side. Now, the question is on the other (server) side. Do I have to learn PHP, PERL, ASP or any so called server side scripting languages? I’m good at VB (up to version 6) – wouldn’t that be enough to run my site?

I have limited time right now learning new languages. If VB6 will do, I will just make use of it even if it’s a bit slow. I will just make improvements later when time permits.

Thanks and Regards,

[Dr. Script]

Is you are asking if your knowledge of VB6 will work for server side, it indeed will. The ASP language is the same as the VB language, except for some limitations. So to answer your question, yes, it will be enough.

[aio]

Thanks doc. What about pure VB6? I dont have ASP right now and if I can avoid investing on softwares for now, I will.

[visualAd]

Thanks doc. What about pure VB6? I dont have ASP right now and if I can avoid investing on softwares for now, I will. You can write a server side application in VB6. You will need to ensure that it conforms to the CGI specification though. This means it will have to be a command line program.

I would recommend you use ASP or PHP. Programming is not about how well you can program in a particular language, its about finding the tools suitable for the job. ;)

ASP is built into IIS which comes with Windows 2000+. If you don't want to use ASP. You can download Apache and PHP for free; PHP is simple to learn.

[aio]

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1 --- ASP is built into IIS which comes with Windows 2000+.

2 ---If you don't want to use ASP. You can download Apache and PHP for free; PHP is simple to learn.

1 - You mean I already have this because I'm using Win2000?
2 - I tried Google and there are a lots of it. Any peferred link?

Thanks VisualAd

[visualAd]

1 - You mean I already have this because I'm using Win2000?
You need to install IIS. As long as you have the Windows 2000 CD this is quite easy. Heres some instructions:

http://www.phpbuddy.com/sub_articles.php?other_articles=1

2 - I tried Google and there are a lots of it. Any peferred link?

Are you talking about PHP and Apache2? You can downlaod Apache from their site: http://httpd.apache.org/ and PHP form http://www.php.net/

You can run PHP with IIS or you can run it with Apache.

[aio]

Thanks VisualAd,

I think that will do for now.

Approved!