Classic ASP (Active Server Pages) has been a very powerful software development tool for dynamic websites over many many years, but has largely been replaced by the introduction of... ASP.NET.

What is Classic ASP?

Developers, including our team in Berkshire, have built many exciting interactive Websites using ASP. We continue to support it in some circumstances but Microsoft no longer supports this language (last version issued in 2000) and we one of the diminishing number of software houses familiar with its use developing sites.

ASP was Microsoft’s first server-side script-engine for programmers to develop dynamically-generated Web pages. It became known as Classic ASP when ASP.Net was launched to distinguish it as the original ASP version for programming.

Server-side scripts run when a browser requests an .asp file from the Web server. ASP is contacted by the Web server, which processes the requested file and executes any script commands. It then formats a standard Web page and sends it to the browser.

An ASP file is one that can contain any combination of HTML and scripting. When the developer or programmer makes a change to it on the server, only changes to the file need loading – next time the web page is loaded, the script is automatically compiled. ASP technology is built directly into Microsoft Web servers, and is thus supported on all Microsoft Web servers: Windows NT Internet Information Server (IIS) 3.0, Windows NT Workstation, and Windows 95 Personal Web Server.

In ASP only two languages were available for scripting - VBScript and JavaScript. ASP.NET has seen that number multiply.

It is possible to convert Excel spreadsheets into data to be used in Classic ASP development and this style of programming has been popular in the growth of e-commerce for developers building appropriate applications.

Please get in contact with us to discuss your project requirements, our team who are always happy to talk without obligation and offer a free initial consultation.

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