Mac user NEEDS to practice his ASP ! ! ! !

soopa · 11-14-2002, 09:53 PM

Hey people!

I'm being taught ASP at school and I need a lot of practice. Unfortunatly I haven't been able to find a free/next-to-free solution for running ASP on my apache server. The compter lab at school closes at 10:00 pm and I like working at home. I'd also be able to add ASP to my arsenal. Could somebody please help? Certainly there must be a way for mac users to practice this poular web app. BTW - this is vb_ASP - not some Perl or C+ version. I hope someone out there can help me or set me up with a few links!

Sincerely,
Soopa

mervTormel · 11-14-2002, 10:39 PM

hmm, well, i guess they forgot to teach you that asp is a windows product.

mdaniel · 11-14-2002, 11:11 PM

You can try to run all that stuff in Virtual PC if you have a pretty spiffy mac. I haven't found any windows program it won't run. Of course you still need to obtain all the VB developer stuff which I understand ain't cheap.

UltraNurd · 11-14-2002, 11:50 PM

Of course, the real is answer is, use PHP

.

Scarpa · 11-17-2002, 11:58 AM

Well, one of the advantages of ASP is that it is so popular, so you should be able to find cheap web hosting that supports ASP.

AFAIK it's pretty hard to crash a server with VBScript ASP code, and you can debug in your browser so it should be functional enough with minimal risk of making your host very mad at you.

If you have a good friend who runs XP with a good net connect, bribe them into installing IIS on their box and have them give you a login. Then you can use the RDP client for Mac to connect to that box.

Otherwise as everyone mentioned you could go the VPC route which isn't cheap or slow.

11-14-2002, 09:53 PM	#1
soopa Prospect Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 4	Mac user NEEDS to practice his ASP ! ! ! ! Hey people! I'm being taught ASP at school and I need a lot of practice. Unfortunatly I haven't been able to find a free/next-to-free solution for running ASP on my apache server. The compter lab at school closes at 10:00 pm and I like working at home. I'd also be able to add ASP to my arsenal. Could somebody please help? Certainly there must be a way for mac users to practice this poular web app. BTW - this is vb_ASP - not some Perl or C+ version. I hope someone out there can help me or set me up with a few links! Sincerely, Soopa

11-14-2002, 10:39 PM	#2
mervTormel League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,536	hmm, well, i guess they forgot to teach you that asp is a windows product. __________________ On a clear disk, you can seek forever.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

11-14-2002, 11:11 PM	#3
mdaniel Prospect Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 12	You can try to run all that stuff in Virtual PC if you have a pretty spiffy mac. I haven't found any windows program it won't run. Of course you still need to obtain all the VB developer stuff which I understand ain't cheap.

11-14-2002, 11:50 PM	#4
UltraNurd Major Leaguer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 367	Of course, the real is answer is, use PHP .

11-17-2002, 11:58 AM	#5
Scarpa Prospect Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 21	Well, one of the advantages of ASP is that it is so popular, so you should be able to find cheap web hosting that supports ASP. AFAIK it's pretty hard to crash a server with VBScript ASP code, and you can debug in your browser so it should be functional enough with minimal risk of making your host very mad at you. If you have a good friend who runs XP with a good net connect, bribe them into installing IIS on their box and have them give you a login. Then you can use the RDP client for Mac to connect to that box. Otherwise as everyone mentioned you could go the VPC route which isn't cheap or slow.