The full form of ASP is Active server pages. It is a server page that consists of the embedded program, which is processed on a Microsoft server to build web pages. The ASP server reads and executes the code and returns it to the browser. The primary function of this page is to allow HTML programmers to build websites on Microsoft.ASP is faster and more dynamic than any other languages like JSP and PHP. The URL should end with .asp for ASP is a part of HTML (Hypertext Mark-up Language), so it will run on every browser.ASP makes it easy to create, change and upgrade web applications.
ASP supports various programming languages such as javascript and C and can create any ASP file by including JScript or VBScript in HTML.
In December 1996, ASP was introduced as ASP 1.0 as a part of IIS 3.0.
ASP 2.0 was introduced in 1997.
ASP 3.0 was introduced in 2000 with additional features.
ASP reduces the line of code for constructing the complex applications.
It has smart caching technology.
ASP is language independent so any language can be used for coding it.
ASP is much faster than other packages.
ASP is more used now-a-days.
There is lots of complexity in pages and there are numerous performance troubles.
It is not dependent on IIS (Internet Information Services ) so it's a problem.
It has restrained development and debugging tools.
There is no real nation management in ASP.
It is used to develop websites in an efficient way.
It is also used to create web APIs
It is used to combine server code with HTML
It helps to add video links to the social sites.
It is safe and secured as the code is hidden and can't be viewed in a browser.
Any data can be accessed.
The content of the web page can be changed.
Requests submitted through HTML Forms are answerable.