Thread: Difference between ASP and ASP.NET

ASP stands for Active Server Pages. ASP.NET is the next generation of ASP. After the introduction of ASP.NET, old ASP is called 'Classic ASP'.


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Classic ASP uses vb script for server side coding. Vb Script is not supported any more in ASP.NET. Instead, ASP.NET supports more languages including C#, VB.NET, J# etc. VB.NET is very similar to vb script, so it should be easy for old Visual Basic or ASP programmers to switch to VB.NET and ASP.NET

VB Script is a simple scripting language, where as VB.NET or C# are modern, very powerfull, object oriented programming languages. Just for that reason, you will be able to write much more robust and reliable programs in ASP.NET compared to ASP.

In classic ASP, there was no server controls. You have to write all html tags manually. ASP.NET offers a very rich set of controls called Server Controls and Html Controls. It is very easy to drag and drop any controls to a web form. The VS.NET will automatically write the required HTML tags automatically for you.

thanks for proving this article on ASP.NET

Nice read. I use asp .net for most of my web developments. Its just make it real easy with rich set of pre-built tools.

Thanks for providing information on ASP.NET.

Hi,

I would like to answer this as - ASP is a scripting language used for the development of webpages, while ASP.NET is a web application framework developed by Microsoft to build dynamic websites, web applications and web services.
ASP is a small baby against ASP.NET. It supports backend languages like VB, C#, J# for coding.
There are many differences between both the terms..

Hey its been really good information and also the things mention here between Asp and Asp .net then its been amazing. I am looking forward for that article.

ASP is more complex than ASP.NET. ASP uses scripting language for server side coding whereas asp.net is used for creating dynamic web applications. Testing and debugging is easy in asp.net and difficult in asp. There is no server controls in asp and designing and coding is done on the same page so application become so complex but in asp.net designing and coding is done separately so it is easy to find bugs in applications.

ASP and ASP.NET does not have a wide range of differentiation. it is just the updated version of ASP. The ASP software is more complicated and then new one hence the complication is limited in the ASP.NET

Originally Posted by roshell

ASP stands for Active Server Pages. ASP.NET is the next generation of ASP. After the introduction of ASP.NET, old ASP is called 'Classic ASP'.


Most of the engines place added relevancy on keywords found in the name of the page, or the URL. When naming your pages, try to name your pages after your keyword phrases.
Classic ASP uses vb script for server side coding. Vb Script is not supported any more in ASP.NET. Instead, ASP.NET supports more languages including C#, VB.NET, J# etc. VB.NET is very similar to vb script, so it should be easy for old Visual Basic or ASP programmers to switch to VB.NET and ASP.NET

VB Script is a simple scripting language, where as VB.NET or C# are modern, very powerfull, object oriented programming languages. Just for that reason, you will be able to write much more robust and reliable programs in ASP.NET compared to ASP.

In classic ASP, there was no server controls. You have to write all html tags manually. ASP.NET offers a very rich set of controls called Server Controls and Html Controls. It is very easy to drag and drop any controls to a web form. The VS.NET will automatically write the required HTML tags automatically for you.

Thank you so much for sharing such a basic difference regarding web design.
ASP.net is better platform for website development.
can u suggest me which language i should use in ASP.net, either C# or VB.??

Thanks for given information.

fucking languages no doubt

ASP is run under the inetinfo.exe(IIS) process space and hence susceptible to application crashes as a result the IIS needs to be stopped or restarted. ASP is related to the process isolation setting in IIS.

The ASP.NET worker process is a distinct worker process, aspnet_wp.exe, separate from inetinfo.exe ( IIS process), and the process model in ASP.NET is unrelated to process isolation settings in IIS.

ASP.NET has better language support, a large set of new controls, XML-based components, and better user authentication.
ASP.NET provides increased performance by running compiled code.
ASP.NET code is not fully backward compatible with ASP.

yes, ASP is a scripting language which is used for the development of webpages, while ASP.NET is a web application framework developed by Microsoft to build dynamic websites, web applications and web services. In Dot net framework include asp.net, c#, vb.net, j# .