I have clients that don't care about which tool I use. Personally I find classic ASP easier to write than ASP.net. Is classic ASP completely gone? Is anyone still developing classic ASP? What can we say as benefits for that? Thanks.
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ASP is still a viable platform for some needs - for instance it has a less steep learning curve, making it more suitable for a hobbyist than ASP.NET. It also has a very large installed base, meaning plenty of tried and tested code (and admittedly some utter
crap too) It's also (arguably too) cheaper to host if you're very budget conscious - for instance my hosts charge a setup fee for ASP.NET which makes it easier for me to choose ASP for some client projects. I've been told support will continue for ASP in at
least IIS 7.0 if not further, and after all there are still a lot of legacy platforms out there. So yes, in some circumstances it's still alive, though limping a bit.
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"ease of development and less setup work/cost"? Well, that's in your specific case but I wouldn't say that applies to all hosters/developers across the board. I'm sure there are those out there that are well versed in ASP.NET and would say the same thing ...
Thank You all for educating me. Now I'm thinking about adding ASP.NET pages to a legacy ASP web site? Can I have global.asa, global.asax, and Web.config work in harmony? Is there any caveat? Thanks.
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What I have in mind is an ASPX page displaying a datagrid with 2 columns: 1 with checkbox and another with PO# for users to select and run a report on order inventory. (I don't know if an equivalent datagrid exists in class ASP.) The rest of the pages are classic
ASP. Here's I plan to do: -download the .NET framework onto my web server. -use the ASPX page as inline code to avoid compilation -no global.asax -no web.config -use session variables created in other classic ASP pages. Please advise feasibilty of such an
idea. Thanks.
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ASP.NET and ASP can run "side by side" but they do not share application or session variables. Any data you want to pass/share would need to utilize a database or forms/querystrings.
The answer to the original question is "yes", there is still tons of ASP in operation and still tons being developed even with ASP.NET going strong. They will likely continue on this way for at least a few years as ASP slowly dies off. I'm not proposing one
or the other as "better", simply responding to the question at hand. As for which is best for a new project, that's subjective. There are lot's of variables and weights on each that would produce a decision. For example, if you happen to be extremely fluent
and experienced on ASP and not at all on ASP.NET and have a week to stand up a big project, you'd probably go with what you feel is safest and quickest (ASP). If you have time to work out learning-curve issues, you'd probably go with ASP.NET. It usually boils
down to time (how much you have, versus how little you are allowed). Ok, so my 2 cents is more like 1.5 cents.
I liked ASP better too but support from MSFT is waning. Sorry to say but .Net is future ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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