1. Introduction to ASP By “FlyingBono” 2009_01 By FlyingBono 2009_01

2. What is ASP? Active Server Pages
A server side scripting language developed by Microsoft.
ASP is a supplement to HTML and CSS.
The default language is VBScript.  However, you can specify to use JavaScript or PerlScript.  
ASP is a program that runs inside IIS or PWS.
2009_01
By FlyingBono

3. What is IIS? Internet Information Services
IIS comes with Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. It is also available for Windows NT.
IIS is easy to install and ideal for developing and testing web applications.
To run IIS you must have Windows NT 4.0 or later.
2009_01
By FlyingBono

4. What is PWS? Personal Web Server
PWS is for older Windows system like Windows 95, 98, and NT.
PWS can be found on Windows 95/98 CD.
PWS is easy to install and can be used for developing and testing web applications including ASP.
To run PWS you must have Windows 95 or later
We don't recommend running PWS.
2009_01
By FlyingBono

5. What is an ASP file? An ASP file is just the same as an HTML file.
An ASP file can contain text, HTML, XML, and scripts.
Scripts in an ASP file are executed on the server.
An ASP file has the file extension “.asp” .
2009_01
By FlyingBono

6. What a VBScript? Visual Basic Script
An Active Scripting language developed by MS
VBScript is similar to JavaScript, a client side programming language used to add functionality through the <script> tag.
2009_01
By FlyingBono

7. How Does ASP Differ from HTML?
HTML file
When a browser requests an HTML file, the server returns the file.
Thus, the browser interprets a HTML file.
ASP file
When a browser requests an ASP file, IIS passes the request to the ASP engine. The ASP engine reads the ASP file, line by line, and executes the scripts in the file. Finally, the ASP file is returned to the browser as plain HTML.
Thus, the server interprets an ASP file.
2009_01
By FlyingBono

8. Tools for ASP UltraEdit-32 EditPlus Visual Interdev Free software
EditPlus
a text editor for the Microsoft Windows OS
Share-ware software
Visual Interdev
the Web development component of MS Visual Studio 6.0
Not Free
2009_01
By FlyingBono