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    Posted: 02 September 2003 at 4:18pm

Sorry, maybe it's offtopic here but I just want to know is there any difference between regular vbscripting for ASP and scripting for .NET.

I currently work with ASP and someone offers me some p/t dealing with ASP.NET. Is there any significant difference for vbscript coder between them?

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vbscript is a subset of the vb programming language. Asp.net uses the vb language. Much better typing, includes a little different, etc. MS has a page on the differences.

You can intermingle asp and asp.net on the same site.

Your biggest hassle will be understanding the difference between the .NET framework and the way asp/iis works.

Where asp has about a half dozen classes - e.g. system., response., request., etc., Asp.net has around 3500.

Any code glitches that shouw up from running asp code, will be readily apparent and easily fixable. Understanding the environment well enough to produce good code as opposed to code that just runs will take longer. But hey, ya gotta start somewhere.

I give asp three more years. Parts of it have already been deprecated. With MS Server 2003, even more is deprecated as iis moves to xml/ado/clss/component based web development. In 2006, MS releases their next browser version. Betcha there's a new iis with it that just kills classic asp off. MS has walked away from languages before.

 



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for more reading, check out the "ASP.NET Overview" on this page:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com

as someone who does both, i'll chime in and say its waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay different thinking/coding IF you want to take advantage of what the .NET framework is capable of

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Thanks for answers. But I'll ask more questions, while reading a.m. link:

I do ASP (and I'm good in that) and I'm fast learner. Is it theoretically possible to be assigned on some .NET project for client/server scripting with my background and get difference/necessary syntax on the fly, let's say hours...?

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asp.net uses complete full featured programming languages and classic asp uses scripting languages. 

I really don't think that you are going to pick up .net "on the fly", not unless you have experience with old VB.  And even then it will be very difficult.  .net has a very steep learning curve. 

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i'll agree that you wont learn .NET in hours....

sounds like whoever you are doing this for is "wanting .NET just to say they have .NET", a VERY stupid move.....   if they need whatever it is done, and done fast by you, do it in ASP

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Thanks again :)

However I'm talking abt short-time contract in different company, works with .NET. Nothing abt my current job. :)

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Sitting on www.asp.net for last couple of hours.

Old fashioned html+ASP forms were much more simple, then .NET Web Forms, which looks just weird.

Can you tell me, are .NET forms really making more sence than the old way (IMHO new controls don't do anything new or anything we couldn't do before, just additional pain in the neck learning them), or it's just another Microsoft' solution to force people spend more $$$ in B.G. favor? :)

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