What's the best program to write ASP? Shopping Carts?

[Ladyborg]

Is there anything out there that will write asp code for a shopping cart that's better than UD's? It seems relatively simple enough scripting to carry information from fields to fields in the shopping cart page. Am I wrong?

I'd like to hear what everyone recommends on this subject... Ladyborg
"Don't be afraid to try new things,
Remember: professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark"

 

[mlawson]

Hi,

If you are a real masochist you could try out Interdev. The principles of ASP are in many texts that are available and your lifelong task could be to create one from handcoded ASP.
What scripts have you looked at for shopping carts? Have you tried out the UltraCart? What about some of the extensions over at the Exchange? I'm sure that if you're willing to part with a few bucks you purchase some code from Wayne and the gang over at ultradevextensions.com as well.

I believe that if someone has done the work and created a tool for the job, there's little point trying to compete or reinvent (unless it's for a darn good reason).

Get stuck into code that has been tried and tested and use the time you save creatively like drinking beer or juggling kittens.

So there. My recommendations



M "There are 3 kinds of people; those that can count and those that can't"

 

[Ladyborg]

, I agree juggling kittens WOULD be a better use of my time! LOL

I'd like to be able to write my own code (and earn the title of "geek" :) but I don't have the time. It's fun editting it though! I guess Forest Gump might say: "Life is like a page of code, you never know what kind of server error you're gonna get." LOL

Seriously, I'll give ultradevextension.com a look-see. But it can be any asp code right? Doesn't have to have anything to do with UD.? Ladyborg
"Don't be afraid to try new things,
Remember: professionals built the Titanic, amateurs built the Ark"

 

[mlawson]

God yeah, any code will do. UD has a horrible tendency to wrap itself in knots so that should you try and unravel it it'll fall apart.
The only thing to be concerned about is that if you generate code in UD and then modify it you will experience a fairly substanial moan from UD (ie Red Exclamation marks abound).
There is absolutely no issue with mixing and matching ASP code, so go for it.

Note of course that should you er....modify any UD generated code and then come along to a certain forum for questions, some guys laugh first and ask questions later!

No names, that'd be unfair (and probably be a copy of that list on your right )

M "There are 3 kinds of people; those that can count and those that can't"

 

[Cheech]

@ mlawson.

I do a lot of handcoding in UD & as your name is in the list as well as mine I remove myself from your accusations..

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