Classic ASP, webshops and chicken pox

I learnt the basics of classic ASP while having a nasty dash of chicken pox which had me tied to the bed. ;)
I undertook the task of building my own little webshop, and I have to say that this task was a most excellent
one. I personally prefer setting up tasks for myself when it comes to learning a new language to code instead
of chewing through books and excercises. You have sessionhandling, you use the request, response, adodb libraries and objects, you learn to work with strings and math operations etc etc.

If I where you and you want to learn some classic ASP, then I would do this. However, first of, I must recommend that you look at a more trendy language like C# or ASP.NET with a vb dialect if you prefer this.

If you decide to try this out, then there are a couple of sites that have been sort of a lifeline for me when coding classic ASP (which now is getting to be very...well...CLASSIC). I thought I would list some of these below;

• http://www.asp101.com/
• http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
• http://www.w3schools.com/asp/
• Plus of course ye olde MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t0aew7h6(VS.85).aspx

Connection strings

Ever forget how to write those connection strings for the different solutions out there? Here is a great site which will list most variations and keeps on updating with new ones as they pop up.

http://www.connectionstrings.com/