Wasn't recommending Ruby, just had been reading about it, definitely not the way to go for a beginner.
On 10/26/05, Mischa Kroon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if I would recommend RoR to a beginning programmer. > > Probably asp would be a simpler solution. > RoR is great but it's documentation is still well not quite there yet. > > Want to do something in asp / php / .net > Throw out a google and get 20 scripts to do it with. > > With RoR no such thing. > > Also I'm a bit worried about the newest release, which is a release > candidate. > There are a lot of serious bug reports coming in about it. > > If your a beginner and things are supposed to work one way and it doesn't > because of bugs in the platform... it won't work for you. > > deposits 2 cents > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean Fiala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:22 AM > Subject: Re: [AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk] ASP or PHP advice > > > > FYI > > > > http://www.rubyonrails.org/ > > > > On 10/26/05, Dean Fiala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ask this question to an ASP.NET group and guess what the answer is > >> going to be... > >> > >> Ruby > >> > >> Just kidding. > >> > >> But what you are talking about is pretty basic in the scheme of > >> things. You don't say what the site needs to after the user pays and > >> logs in, but that could also guide your decision as to which way to > >> go. > >> > >> Basically you need a shopping cart application. Even the most basic > >> of these have account management features (including passsword > >> retrieval). Now you can build this from scratch (boring and time > >> consuming), buy one (but it sounds like money is an issue) or modify > >> an existing package. > >> > >> Here are some ASP.NET applications that you could potentially use to > >> do what you need. These are a bit more than shopping carts, but your > >> users probably need to do something once they pay their $$$. > >> > >> http://www.asp.net/Default.aspx?tabindex=8&tabid=47 (page to the > >> Commerce Starter Kit) > >> > >> http://www.dotnetnuke.com/ > >> > >> http://www.rainbowportal.net/ > >> > >> And just in the interest of fairness > >> > >> http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Shopping_Carts/ (page > >> down past the ads, there are some open source scripts) > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > So, basically I've never done anything in php or asp... and I would > >> > like to know which one of the two is easier when creating a user name > >> > password database, and where clients have to pay before they recieve > >> > their password.. and then there would also need to be a pasword > >> > retrieval device- where the password would be send to their email if > >> > they forget it. > >> > > >> > so.. i'm completely lost, and I would totally pay someone to do this > >> > for me if I was getting paid more to do it myself. but I already > >> > committed to it.. so I guess there's no turning back. > >> > > >> > help me figure this out, I'm a lost puppy :( > >> > > >> > Tammy > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dean Fiala > >> Very Practical Software, Inc > >> http://www.vpsw.com > >> > > > > > > -- > > Dean Fiala > > Very Practical Software, Inc > > http://www.vpsw.com > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Dean Fiala Very Practical Software, Inc http://www.vpsw.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/saFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
