ASP and ASP.NET

[samali84]

in general


ASP.NET is the latest version of Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology (ASP).


What is Classic ASP?

Microsoft's previous server side scripting technology ASP (Active Server Pages) is now often called classic ASP.
ASP 3.0 was the last version of the classic ASP.

ASP.NET is Not ASP

ASP.NET is the next generation ASP, but it's not an upgraded version of ASP.

ASP.NET is an entirely new technology for server-side scripting. It was written from the ground up and is not backward compatible with classic ASP.

[samali84]

What is ASP.NET?

ASP.NET is a server side scripting technology that enables scripts (embedded in web pages) to be executed by an Internet server.

ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
ASP stands for Active Server Pages
ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's Internet server
IIS comes as a free component with Windows servers
IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional


What is an ASP.NET File?


An ASP.NET file is just the same as an HTML file
An ASP.NET file can contain HTML, XML, and scripts
Scripts in an ASP.NET file are executed on the server
An ASP.NET file has the file extension ".aspx"


How Does ASP.NET Work?


When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the file
When a browser requests an ASP.NET file, IIS passes the request to the ASP.NET engine on the server
The ASP.NET engine reads the file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file
Finally, the ASP.NET file is returned to the browser as plain HTML

[anantshri]

if you as my honest opinion,

classic asp was coder's paradise but ASP.NET is its nightmare.

you can do a lot work with a lot of flexibility in ASP but when it coems to ASP.NET due to its .NET strategies a lot of work is restricted.

its note even backward compatible that why you see a lot of sites still using asp and not shifted to aspx.

[dissberado1]

Really i want to know what is the diffrenece between ASP and ASP.Net, i think that there is a big difference....So can you reply me please..say me if there is a differnece of not..
thanks