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Subject:Re: Visual representation of Active Server Pages From:Lou Quillio <quillio -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:58:53 -0500
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:32:52 -0800 (PST), John Posada
<jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Can .NET use ASP?
Yes. .NET can use any programming language you configure an
interpreter for. In this case, the question might be better phrased
"Can .NET use vbscript?" The answer's still yes.
.NET comes with ASP support out-of-the-box, but that's mostly a legacy
bridge. .NET actually steers folks toward C#. A big web application
might do well to be written in something sturdier than a scripting
language, or something more widely used so that a larger body of
programming talent can work the code. ASP/vbscript isn't naturally
object-oriented either (though you can always take an OO-like
approach), so that drives a lot of folks to the richer options
available under .NET. Plus you can mix newer .NET code (maybe written
in C# or C++ or [shudder] COBOL) with legacy ASP code.
Don't mean to imply that .NET is good. I think it's mostly about
lock-in and generally sucks eggs (Happy Easter!). Folks who've drunk
the M$ and OO kool-aid will dig it. But the entire stc-techvalley.org
website (e.g.), frontend and back, is written in pHp script, leverages
a MySQL database, and runs quite nicely, thanks. Doesn't cost a dime
and produces the same result as a high-falutin' .NET implementation.
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