Why Use Lasso?
If you would like your web site to adjust to the visitor, or collect information, or provide password protection to certain pages, you probably need to have a database lurking behind the site. Just about every successful web site is driven by information and rules stored in a database. Until the last couple of years, this kind of sophistication was available only to large organizations with equally large development budgets. Now, these tools are easily within reach of small and mid-size organizations, as well as non-profit agencies. The key element in connecting databases to web sites is the scripting language. Some common examples of this kind of scripting tool are PHP, and ColdFusion. I use Lasso, developed by LassoSoft. Lasso runs on several platforms, including Mac OSX, Windows, and Linux running either Apache or WebSTAR. It supports and works with a number of different database programs, including FileMakerPro and MySQL. Those who have followed the progress of FileMaker over the y
