Difference between ASP and ASP.NET

[cuinan]

I was the first time, to see what everyone says

[dexterallen01]

ASP is Microsoft’s early foray into server side scripting engines that were meant to dynamically create web pages as they are needed. Creating that in HTML would require a lot of pages, one for each possible result. But with ASP, you can write a single short script that can handle this easily. ASP.NET aims to make the transition to web programming easier for those who are already knowledgeable in creating programs for Windows. ASP.NET also offered some improvements over its predecessor.

[Jack_Smith]

There are some features new in ASP.NET

• Better language support
• Programmable controls
• Event-driven programming
• XML-based components
• User authentication, with accounts and roles
• Higher scalability
• Increased performance - Compiled code
• Easier configuration and deployment
• Not fully ASP compatible

[cuinan]

I was the first time, to see what everyone says, would like to share with everyone

[andremoon41]

Think of ASP as a Cessna single-engine airplane. Now, think of ASP.Net as a
Boeing 747. They both fly. They both have wings. They both have a throttle.
Other than that, they have very little in common. And it takes a lot more
training to fly a 747.

ASP and ASP.Net both handle HTTP Requests, and can send HTTP Responses. How
they do it is entirely different, however. ASP is procedural and scripted.
ASP.Net is object-oriented and compiled. ASP can do a little. ASP.Net can do
whatever you can imagine

[jhonmaxxi]

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'.
- 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 AS .NET
- VB Script is a simple scripting language, where as VB.NET or C# are modern, very powerful, object oriented programming languages.
- ASP is interpreted, ASP.NET is compiled
- ASP uses VB script, there is no compilation. All ASP pages are interpreted when the page is executed.
- ASP.NET uses modern .NET languages like C#, VB.NET etc. They can be compiled to efficient Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL). When you compile an ASP.NET application, the server side code is compiled to assemblies.

[jacksunheart]

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. Another added benefit of ASP.net is its additional features that are included in the package. The functionality of these features can created in COM Objects, and some have been in the past. They have simply been included as part of the base package.

[robertgilbart]

ASP:
- ASP is interpreted,
- Control events for text button can be handled at client JavaScript only.

ASP.NET:
- ASP.NET Compiled event base programming.
- Since we have server controls events can handle at server side.
- More error handling.

[cuinan]

I was the first time, to see what everyone says, what can be shared

[anselduminy]

ASP is Microsoft’s early on incursion into server side scripting engines that were meant to dynamically create web pages as they are required. Making that in HTML would need many pages, one for every possible result. But with ASP, you can write single short script that can hold this easily. ASP.NET takes benefit of extra features in.NET library permitting its pages to be coded in any of other languages included in .NET. ASP.NET also has wide array of libraries and controls that used to build web page rapidly and simply. It also had many generally used templates like menus. Error Handling has also been enhanced compared to ASP by making use of try-catch blocks and exception handling.