ASP.NET fundamental questions?

[Andrzej]

I have some question:
1. Is it possible use [WinXP Professional with IIS] as a Web Serwer ?
and another one
2. If you were a beginner with ASP.Net and PHP, what would learn ASP or PHP or ... . What is your suggestion, what is better and what is most popular. I think is easier find server with PHP then with ASP.NET.
3. What about Linux system, will be posiible to run ASP.NET App. on the Linux platform ?.

Tahnks a lot

[exterminator]

I am not sure about all things that you have asked but I will share what I know.2. If you were a beginner with ASP.Net and PHP, what would learn ASP or PHP or ... . What is your suggestion, what is better and what is most popular. I think is easier find server with PHP then with ASP.NET.When you wish to get along with asp.net you dont need to go through asp. Just starting with straight asp.net would do. What is popular and better is not the main concern. There is rapid development going on in asp.net for sure. Its popular among windows web-developers. Basically it depends on the systems on which your web-apps etc are being designed to be run, so its a matter of requirements for a project.
3. What about Linux system, will be posiible to run ASP.NET App. on the Linux platform ?.No. Although the .net guys had this vision of platform independent framework but I dont think they have come up with some implementations for linux. Or have they? You need to check out for the latest news. Hope this helps to some extent. :thumb:

[mmetzger]

1) Yes, just install IIS from the Add/Remove Programs: Add/Remove Windows Components section.

2) It's all a matter of preference and what you really are trying to do.

3) Yes, you can. Look at the Mono project. The primary limitation is dealing with apps that call the underlying Win32 libraries (ie, it doesn't work, at least not without a lot of trouble.) Otherwise, ASP.NET itself is supported.