Originally posted by mikhael
You misunderstand ASP. ASP is a framework for embedding scripting in a webpage, not the scripting language you use. You supply the scripting language and the parser (microsoft does supply VBScript and Javascript parsers). You can use REXX, Perlscript, PythonScript, Java (which would be silly but its possible), LISP, OCaML, Ruby, and about a thousand other things.
ASP provides a common set of interfaces to the server and its services, as well as some web oriented objects. it also provides a very easy framework for extending the builtin interfaces or adding entirely new ones. That's one thing that ASP has over PHP.
Thanks for the info, i dont contend to know all about asp or VBscript. im a designer more then a programmer. Ive only recently learned VBscript and im surprised at the ease of its use.
As for Flash vs non-flash its like comparing apples and oranges.
I can take any Flash design you have, and make a site that will look almost exactly like it, which will animate like it and work like it in everyway.
Only difference you will see is in the actual animation itself. Flash is at heart an animator more then a site development tool. So you could make a flash site in HTML/DHTML/Any scripting language for DB's and it will work the same way as the flash site.
So for animations and funky looks Flash is the way to go. I dont care what anyone says, if your going to make animations flash makes it better everytime. I dont know how many GIF's ive converted to flash to reduce its size and make it look nicer.
Flash is the best animator tool for websites around today nothing even comes close to it. If your a true designer though, you know deep down every programming language, tool and database has its place, its up and downs. Dont knock what is brought to us, but also give kudos to those that have changed the face of design today (Flash). To deny the fact flash has changed the appearance of the web is like denying HLP exists. It has, continues to, and in the future will always be a web enhancer. Do you remember the first flash design you saw? I do, my jaw dropped, and i remember thinking, this is the future of design.