ASP & ASP.NET Whats the difference?

[TammieO]

A few weeks ago I was told in this forum that ASP would be a great solution to a large web site. I purchased a book about ASP.Net but have also seen info on ASP. Can you please tell me what is the difference between the two? I don't know computer programming at all. Dreamweaver MX is the program I use. Can ASP be done with a WYSIWYG program? I have set up databases in Access & built web sites with DW MX I am not sure how to tie the two together.
Hope I am not in over my head.
Thanks for the help.
Tammie

[Shalin]

Well you should use classical ASP, much easier to get started with.

I would suggest you to read this article: http://www.asp101.com/articles/chris...et/default.asp

Cheers,
Shalin

[M. Johansson]

If you don't know computer programming at all, it's very complicated to explain what the differences are. Suffice to say that ASP.NET the new version of ASP, and that it's much more powerful, advanced and complicated to learn than regular ASP. The most distinct differences are that ASP.NET can be coded in several different languages, such as Visual Basic.NET, C#, JScript.NET, J#.NET, and a barrage of other languages, while "ASP.old" is only coded in Visual Basic and JScript (and Jscript is almost never used for the purpose).

Dreamweaver MX is the program I use. Can ASP be done with a WYSIWYG program? I have set up databases in Access & built web sites with DW MX I am not sure how to tie the two together.
Hope I am not in over my head.

Well, you cannot write code with a WYSIWYG editor per se. Programming is very different from doing HTML. I.e. you can use Dreamweaver MX when you are writing ASP.NET applications, but Dreamweaver cannot assist you to the same extent it can assist you with doing HTML, since programming is so much more complex.

You might want to read this article:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/781

(you probably will have to read it several times)

[vgarcia]

Well, you cannot write code with a WYSIWYG editor per se. Programming is very different from doing HTML. I.e. you can use Dreamweaver MX when you are writing ASP.NET applications, but Dreamweaver cannot assist you to the same extent it can assist you with doing HTML, since programming is so much more complex.

Actually, using Dreamweaver's server behaviors, some of the more common tasks that people use server-side languages for (i.e. read info out of a database, start a session for a logged in user) can be generated by clicking a few buttons and filling in some information. It's sometimes junky code but it does work.

[TammieO]

(you probably will have to read it several times)
Ouch! That hurts! I do get it though. I am thinking that this may be a road I don't want to go down for now. I am very busy with building standard web sites and doing graphic desing work for print. I think that I probably should look into farming out the programming work to someone else and stick to what I am good at. If the company contacts me again I may try paying a programmer to set that part up for me. The company is a realestate company with hundreds of pages of properties for sale on thier old web site.
Thanks for the help!
Tammie

[Shalin]

If the company contacts me again I may try paying a programmer to set that part up for me.

Ah! Just post your requirements on the trading post when you have them - you have a lot of good ASP/ ASP .NET programmers on Sitepointforum ready to help for some $$$.

Cheers,
Shalin