What do I need for ASP?
ASP webserver
ASP works on a webserver. By default this is Internet Information Server (IIS), which works on Windows NT 4.0 Server
or Windows 2000 Server. However, you can also install ASP on Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
or Windows 2000 Professional. On those operating systems you have to install Personal Webserver (PWS). This
is a smaller, but completely functional version of IIS.
With Windows 2000 and Windows 98 IIS/PWS is supplied for free. For Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows Me you
can download IIS/PWS as part of the Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack.
For more information on where to find IIS/PWS and how to install it, read Installing ASP.
Even though ASP is a Microsoft technology, it doesn't only work on Windows platforms.
ASP implementations like
Chili!ASP
and Instant ASP
work with other webservers and on different platforms, like Unix and Linux.
Even though these implementations are similar in design, there are some small differences.
ASP on IIS/PWS uses components that are part of Windows. These components don't exist on other platforms.
What do I need to write ASP pages?
ASP pages are textfiles, so you can make them with Notepad. There are also programs that are more practical,
like TextPad, UltraEdit, Homesite and Visual InterDev.
With Dreamweaver UltraDev you can even work in a visual environment that generates ASP scripts.
This is practical if you're more a designer than a programmer and have a programmer around to help
you with adjusting the ASP you made (even though this isn't always neccessary).
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