The Future According to ASP+

Author：Casey Kochmer

As both an ASP and JSP programmer, I started a series of articles

to examine the differences between ASP and JSP. After I released

part one and part four of the articles, ASP+ was announced. ASP+

changes the game to the point that I delayed writing additional

articles until I could examine ASP+ in greater detail.

I am currently working on a JSP project and on a separate ASP

project. The ASP project itself is very interesting. It is

starting off in ASP 3.0 and will be translated into ASP+ by time

the project is be done. As a result of these projects I will be able

to examine ASP+ closely, providing solid ASP+ to JSP comparisons.

This article presents my early observations of ASP+ and the impact

it has on an average developer such as myself.

In an initial comparison of ASP+ and JSP I found the following:

1) Object Orientation:

ASP+ introduces C# as an object oriented language. In many respects

it will become Microsoft's version of a Java-like language. The

other fun fact about C# is that every object created automatically

becomes a COM object. What this all boils down to is, if C# lives

up to all or even 75% the marketing hype, it will give ASP+ Java-

like capabilities but with faster performance due to its tight

coupling with the Windows environment. C# is the single most