ASP stands for Active Server Pages
ASP is a development framework for building web pages.
ASP supports many different development models:
- Classic ASP
- ASP.NET Web Forms
- ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET Web Pages
- ASP.NET API
- ASP.NET Core
The ASP Technology
ASP and ASP.NET are server side technologies.
Both technologies enable computer code to be executed by an Internet server.
When a browser requests an ASP or ASP.NET file, the ASP engine reads the file, executes any code in the file, and returns the result to the browser.
Classic ASP – Active Server Pages
ASP (aka Classic ASP) was introduced in 1998 as Microsoft’s first server side scripting language.
Classic ASP pages have the file extension .asp and are normally written in VBScript.
Visit our Classic ASP Tutorial »
ASP.NET
ASP.NET was released in 2002 as a successor to Classic ASP.
ASP.NET pages have the extension .aspx and are normally written in C# (C sharp).
ASP.NET 4.6 is the latest official version of ASP.NET.
ASP.NET 5 was expected to be an important redesign of ASP.NET.
However, the development of ASP.NET 5 was stopped in favor of ASP.NET Core.
ASP.NET Web Pages
ASP.NET Web Pages is an SPA application model (Single Page Application).
The SPA model is quite similar to PHP and Classic ASP.
ASP.NET Web Pages is being merged into the new ASP.NET Core.
Visit our Web Pages Tutorial »
ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC is an MVC application model (Model-View-Controller).
ASP.NET MVC is being merged into the new ASP.NET Core.
ASP.NET MVC is not covered in this tutorial.
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ASP.NET Web API
ASP.NET API is an API application model (Application Programming Interface).
ASP.NET API is being merged into the new ASP.NET Core.
ASP.NET API is not covered in this tutorial.
ASP.NET Web Forms
ASP.NET Web Forms is an event driven application model.
ASP.NET Web Forms is not a part of the new ASP.NET Core.
ASP.NET Web Forms is not covered in this tutorial.
ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET Core was released in 2016.
ASP.NET Core merges ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, and ASP.NET Web Pages into one application framework.
ASP.NET Core is not covered in this tutorial.
Curriculum
- 6 Sections
- 78 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- ASP.NET Web PagesASP stands for Active Server Pages ASP is a development framework for building web pages. ASP supports many different development models: Classic ASP ASP.NET Web Forms ASP.NET MVC ASP.NET Web Pages ASP.NET API ASP.NET Core17
- 1.1Introduction
- 1.2ASP.NET Web Pages – Adding Razor Code
- 1.3ASP.NET Web Pages – Page Layout
- 1.4ASP.NET Web Pages – Folders
- 1.5ASP.NET Web Pages – Global Pages
- 1.6ASP.NET Web Pages – HTML Forms
- 1.7ASP.NET Web Pages – Objects
- 1.8ASP.NET Web Pages – Files
- 1.9ASP.NET Web Pages – Databases
- 1.10ASP.NET Web Pages – Helpers
- 1.11ASP.NET Web Pages – The WebGrid Helper
- 1.12ASP.NET Web Pages – The Chart Helper
- 1.13ASP.NET Web Pages – The WebMail Helper
- 1.14ASP.NET Web Pages – WebSecurity Object
- 1.15ASP.NET Web Pages – Publishing the Website
- 1.16ASP.NET Web Pages – Examples in C# and VB
- 1.17ASP.NET Web Pages – Classes
- ASP.NET RazorRazor is not a programming language. It's a server side markup language.8
- ASP ClassicASP is an old (but still powerful) tool for making dynamic Web pages. ASP is a technology (much like PHP) for executing scripts on a web server. In this tutorial you will learn all you need to know about ASP.15
- 1.1ASP Tutorial
- 1.2ASP Syntax
- 1.3ASP Variables
- 1.4ASP Procedures
- 1.5VBScript Conditional Statements
- 1.6VBScript Looping
- 1.7ASP Forms and User Input
- 1.8ASP Cookies
- 1.9ASP Session Object
- 1.10ASP Application Object
- 1.11ASP Including Files
- 1.12ASP The Global.asa file
- 1.13ASP AJAX
- 1.14ASP Sending e-mail with CDOSYS
- 1.15ASP and VBScript Examples
- ASP ReferenceThis page contains all the built-in VBScript functions. The page is divided into following sections: Date/Time functions Conversion functions Format functions Math functions Array functions String functions Other functions19
- 1.1VBScript Functions
- 1.2VBScript Keywords
- 1.3ASP Response Object
- 1.4ASP Request Object
- 1.5ASP Application Object
- 1.6ASP Session Object
- 1.7ASP Server Object
- 1.8ASP ASPError Object
- 1.9ASP FiASP FileSystemObject ObjectleSystemObject Object
- 1.10ASP TextStream Object
- 1.11ASP Drive Object
- 1.12ASP File Object
- 1.13ASP Folder Object
- 1.14ASP Dictionary Object
- 1.15ASP AdRotator Component
- 1.16ASP Browser Capabilities Component
- 1.17ASP Content Linking Component
- 1.18ASP Content Rotator Component (ASP 3.0)
- 1.19ASP Quick Reference
- ADO TutorialADO can be used to access databases from your web pages. What you should already know Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following: HTML ASP SQL If you want to study these subjects first, go to our Home page9
- ADO Objects10
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