Microsoft introduced several methods for developing scripts
on the server, Some of them quite simple (such as the Internet
Database Connecter and the SQL Web Assistant), and other not as
simple. There was a confusing time when companies did there best
to simplicity the development and deployment of server-side
scripts, but none of these methods were particular easy for
Visual Basic developers or even for web authors.
The situation changed drastically in 1996 with
the introduction of Active Server Pages (ASP), an elegant
solution to the problem of scripting. Active Server Pages allows
for powerful web site creation by combining programmatic code
with standard HTML. As a consequence, every HTML pages you have
authored can be turned into Active Sever Pages by changing its
extension from HTM to ASP. If you've never written a program
before, you will successfully learn how to program using
VBScript, the most commonly used Active Server Pages programming
language.
ASP pages are scripts, or short snippets of code interpreted by
the web server to perform particular task. Many scripting
programming language can be used on your asp pages, such as
VBScript and JScript. Thought this website we will use VBScript
for our examples and theory. If you've ever programmed in
Microsoft Visual Basic, then you'll find the VBScript syntax
nearby identical to the syntax used in visual basic. For those
who are new to VBScript, don't worry! Thought this website we
will step through all the important aspects of VBScript.
