Digital WorkHorse uses both ASP.NET and the Open Source PHP/MySQL platform - your choice.

PHP/MySQL often offers a more affordable development path, but .Net has it's strengths, offering a very structured development environment. Each project needs to be taken on a case by case basis, and most clients already know what they are looking for.

You may also be looking for a content management or blogging system. Systems like Joomla, Drupal, and WordPress, are all very powerful starting points for many projects.

To learn more about how Digital WorkHorse uses these tools:

Custom .NET (ASP) Applications
Custom PHP/MySQL Applications
Drupal Content Management Systems
Joomla Content Management Systems
WordPress Development
Social Networking Integrations

Advantages of Custom Code:

The advantages to using custom code are:

1. Your site can be created with only as much code as it needs for the functionality you want. For a simple site, writing custom code can be easier than installing and customizing a content management system.
2. You can add any kind of functionality to your site, not being limited to just that available in ready-made CMS modules.
3. Well-documented custom code can be much simpler and easier to modify than CMS code, particularly for the programmers who wrote it.
4. Well-programmed custom code will run faster than CMS code with the same functionality because it doesn't have all the overhead code.
   
5. The number of lines of code used on a website, can have an effect on your Google rankings (the smaller the  better).