APS compared to ASP.NET

Will it take me long to learn the newer?

[uk_webber]

Hi - neglected my skill set for a while now and keen to get into .net to improve my skills. Is it more difficult to learn?

Also how can I install it on my PC? Do I need Windows XP professional and .net studio? I don't really understand what I need because ASP just came along with IIS?

thanks..

[raywood]

ASP is a scripting language. ASP.NET is a framework. It supports several different programming languages such as C++, C#, VB.NET, and others.

You can download the framework from Microsoft. For a development environment VS.NET is very nice. But you can get a free program called Web Matrix from www.asp.net.

As far as how long it will take you to learn, that depends on your past experience with OOP.

[uk_webber]

Thank you very much for the reply. I'll start downloading now!