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  Free server side scripting? "Robert Crandal" <rcranz143101@gmail.com> - 2013-09-11 12:54 -0700
    Re: Free server side scripting? Ken <usenet-so@abdiassoftware.com> - 2013-09-11 15:16 -0500
      Re: Free server side scripting? "Robert Crandal" <rcranz143101@gmail.com> - 2013-09-12 00:18 -0700
        Re: Free server side scripting? Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-09-12 14:38 +0200

#21268 — Free server side scripting?

Does anyone know any free web hosting service that
will allow me to practice using Javascript with server
side scripts such as ASP or PHP or SQL or
whatever??

I feel like I already know a lot about client side Javascript.
Now that my webpages contain forms and textboxes I
want to practice processing form user data on the server side
and send back HTML results to the client.

Anyone got any free (or cheap) ideas on how to practice
with server scripts??

Thank you!

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#21270

On 11.09.2013 14:54, Robert Crandal wrote:> Does anyone know any free 
web hosting service that
 > will allow me to practice using Javascript with server
 > side scripts such as ASP or PHP or SQL or
 > whatever??
 >
 > I feel like I already know a lot about client side Javascript.
 > Now that my webpages contain forms and textboxes I
 > want to practice processing form user data on the server side
 > and send back HTML results to the client.
 >
 > Anyone got any free (or cheap) ideas on how to practice
 > with server scripts??

You can setup a local environment which is free and simple (and most 
common).

Search for Apache server or Mongoose for server if you need PHP.

Search MySQL or MariaDB for SQL databases (I believe Microsoft provides 
a free stripped down version of their MS SQL server as well).

See if you can get a Visual Studio Express (free) version for ASP or use 
SharpDevelop (if on Linux look into Mono). VS comes with a built-in 
development server based on IIS.


-- 
Ken Fyrstenberg
Abdias Software
http://abdiassoftware.com/
(remove usenet- from address)

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#21275

"Ken" <usenet-so@abdiassoftware.com> wrote
>
> You can setup a local environment which is free and simple (and most 
> common).
>

Yes, you're probably right that a local environment is best.  I still wanted
to find a free server for testing, regardless.

I also don't have Unix machine and I wanted to avoid setting up
my own Apache server, mostly because I wouldn't know where to
begin in setting up something like that.

Thanks for your advice anyways though.   8)

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#21285

Robert Crandal wrote:

> "Ken" <usenet-so@abdiassoftware.com> wrote
>>
>> You can setup a local environment which is free and simple (and most
>> common).
>>
> 
> Yes, you're probably right that a local environment is best.  I still
> wanted
> to find a free server for testing, regardless.

There are a lot free hosting providers offering PHP.  However,
developing and testing "online" is cumbersome, IMHO.

> I also don't have Unix machine and I wanted to avoid setting up
> my own Apache server, mostly because I wouldn't know where to
> begin in setting up something like that.

If you're on Windows, you may consider installing XAMPP[1].  That's
really easy to do, and you get a webserver + PHP + MySQL server already
configured to start developing.

[1] <http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html>
-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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