ASP.Net and ASP

the difference?

[star_get1]

hi..can anyone tell me the difference between ASP.Net and ASP? which one is more difficult to learn?

What is this .Net thing? :(

thanks a lot..

[korkus2000]

ASP.Net is based off of the .Net framework. It is harder to learn than classic ASP, but it is the future. It is an object oriented technology.

This may give you some good info.
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[txbakers]

ASP.NET is a ripoff of JavaServer Pages. Classic ASP was very good, but didn't bring in the full capabilities of VB. ASP.NET offers the entire capabilities of virtually any programming language, including VB, or C# (which is really Java in disguise).

.NET may be the future for Microsoft dependent developers, but JSP is a much more robust and widely deployed framework.

[star_get1]

Thanks a lot for the replies..anyway, do you know which version of ASP is compatible with Internet Information Service 5 (IIS 5)? is it ASP 3.0? or is there any later version of ASP?

thanks.. :)

[celerityfm]

IIS 5 comes with ASP 3.0 by default, but its totally possible to add ASP.Net to the mix by installing the .NET framework on your IIS server box.

IMO ASP is best in some situations and ASP.Net is best in other situations- I wouldn't perscribe using one over the other all the time. Personally I enjoy ASP's script based back end, I make a change to the web page and I see it right away-- with ASP.Net with every change you make the script has to be "compiled" the first time its loaded in the back end.

Also ASP.Net stresses the seperation of HTML and the ASP code-- whereas vanilla ASP allows you to intertwine the HTML and the ASP as much as you see fit, whichever you prefer. Checkout PHP while your at it though ;).