ASP 3.0 The Complete Reference

Chapter 1

ASP 3.0 Technologies (Outline)

ASP the center of Microsofts web technologies.This chapter introduces the book, who the intended audience is, why it is important, and a brief history of Active Server Pages.It also explains the usefulness of ASP in commercial websites.

Web Application Scenarios

not your grandmothers web page

discuss scenarios

What Are Active Server Pages?

Brief History of ASP

(Discuss static HTML pages, the alternatives to ASP, such as Perl, CGI, Java Server Pages, Cold Fusion and ISAPI Extensions.Also discuss some of the basics of web-server communications through HTTP protocol.)

Microsoft DNA Overview

DNA Today

.Net

ASP is really an intrinsic part of the Microsoft DNA enterprise application solution.

Include diagrams showing how ASP fits into the overall scheme of browsers, web servers, databases and all of the other components that can go into web-based applications.

Microsoft Distributed iNternet Application Architecture

Multi-tier Approach.

User Services - Presentation-Tier

Browser-Neutral Client

Browser-Enhanced Client

Internet-Reliant Client

Internet-Enhanced Client

Business Services - Logic-Tier

Web IIS, ASP

Transactions COM+

Messaging - MSMQ

Data Services - Data-Tier

Universal Data Access ADO, Index Server

Active Directory

Exchange

SQL - OLTP - OLAP

How ASP Works

This chapter will explain how IIS receives requests from browsers.Those requests are filtered by the ISAPI filter and then how IIS forwards the requested page to the ASP environment where the scripting inside the page is then processed.

How does it perform functions on the server?

How did the ASP intrinsic objects form a web application?

Server Levels

Standard

Advanced

DataCenter

Tools Overview