Difference between ASP and ASP.net

In technology Tunnel, Programming Languages like ASP and asp.net are prevailing side by side. There is confusion in both these programming languages. Programming languages are used for writing code and then the task is performed by the computer according to the written code. ASP is an old fashioned technology but still in use is for making interactive web pages. On the other hand, ASP.net is a framework for developing web pages. Let’s study difference between ASP and ASP.net in detail.

ASP (Active Server Page) is an HTML page that is processed under the server.

ASP.Net is server side web application design that is mainly designed for web developments to produce numerous interactive web pages.

How they both functions?

ASP runs under inetinfo.exe IIS process.Usually application gets crashed due to the slowdown of IIS. ASP.net runs under distinct process (aspnet_wp.exe) separate from the IIS process inetinfo.exe. Asp.net is free from IIS. And due to this reason it cannot be crushed due to slowdown of IIS.

Compilation and Interpretation

This class doesn’t include server-side code and the static HTML. ASP executes server side codes, always related to an interpreter like Jscript and VBScript. When a page is requested, it is passed in the form of linear text; due to this ASP is efficient.

This class includes all of the server-side code and the static HTML, so once a page is accessed for the first time, subsequent rendering of that page is serviced by executing compiled code. In contrast asp.net pages are always compiled into .net interpreters. It also eliminates the scripting inefficiencies of asp model. Text is passed to compiler who is responsible for every function.

Improvements: Unfortunately there is no improvement in this coded language.

ASP.net is the most advanced language with improvements.

Let’s Discuss Debugging Benefits and performance implications!

When it comes to Asp debugging, it’s difficult for the developers to use it. It’s like scripts being debugged, so it’s highly difficult.Very long time is required to debug ASP. ASP allows different blocks of a script in different scripting languages. There are multiple steps required in performance improvement.

Here in ASP.Net, interpreted models are now improved to provide good benefits to its developers.It’s not like that; pages that are compiled into languages are now improved by the developers. Developer will be using the tools, and all the errors will be considered as the compiler errors. Here, it’s not the case; ASP.net doesn’t allow multiple languages in single .aspx file. There is no need to indulge in multiple steps in ASP.Net.

What are the organization Strategies of ASP and ASP.net?

In ASP, components used by the pages are managed by IIS; IIS needs to be restart in order to organize the data. Here, IIS is responsible for the whole job.

The goal of ASP.net is to eliminate the running of applications. It is required to replace the components rather than starting components again. Interpreters could hold the responsibility.

How to add first page Directives?

All page directives are to be placed on first page for example:

<%LANGUAGE=”VBSCRIPT”

CODEPAGE=”932″%>

You need to place a language directive in contrast with page directive. For example:

<%@Page Language=”VB”

CodePage=”932″%>

<%@QutputCache Duration=”60″ VaryByParam=”none” %>

Finally the Validation!

ASP is lacking the facility of validation process because of lacking facilities user had to write all code of client-server regarding Validations.

ASP.NET is not lacking validation process it has controllers for that:

• Browsing Independent Coding
• Client Server or server-side

Conclusion: ASP and ASP.Net both are used for making interactive webpages. Depending upon the need of the client the choice is made between these two. Besides these languages there are also many more languages which include Java, C, and C++ etc. Both have their pros and cons depending upon the need. So what are your views on this?