[thelist] What am I missing about creating static pages using technology such as java server pages or asp.net?

[Brian Cummiskey]

Jsp, php, asp, cfm, and all the rest all allow for database and
server-side interactions that html/css can't even touch.

Are they updatable by you- sure- as long as you re-use their scripts and
they aren't looking for new database stuff.
Most of the time, a db query will export into a "template" like html
files, where the varibles/content pulled from the database fill in the
blank.

Quick example:

Template:

<table>
	<tr>
		<td>Name:</td>
		<td>phone:</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td><? echo $name; ?></td>
		<td><? echo $phone; ?></td>
	</tr>
</table>

The variables for name and phone would get filled in from the DB pull.

But in a nutshell, you are missing out on 98% of the power of the
internet :)




-----Original Message-----
From: Bird [mailto:bird at koolfish.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:18 AM
To: the list
Subject: [thelist] What am I missing about creating static pages using
technology such as java server pages or asp.net?


I have had a couple of enquires lately from people who are unhappy with
their current web designers asking me to update their websites. When I
take a look at their sites which are for the most part just static basic
informational sites I see that they have been made with jsp or asp.net 

Is this better than using plain HTML/CSS which I would have done and
why?

Are these updateable by someone who has no knowledge of either asp/jsp? 

All these people want is to have the occasional update of some text so I
am wondering why asp or jsp was used in the first place.

Thanks for enlightening me.

Lisa

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