Active Server Pages 3 Developer's Guide shows how to develop web applications using Microsoft's latest version of Active Server Pages. Key ASP features are examined such as the Application object, Session Object, Request object, Response Object, Server Object, and application persistence via HTTP cookies. Database Access with ADO is covered along with transactional scripts, preprocessing directives, access control, and scripting. Unlike other ASP books, this guide shows ASP scripted both in JavaScript and VBScript. ASP allows scripting using many scripting language choices but Microsoft and other literature focuses on VBScript implementations only. Most web developers are familiar with JavaScript as it is the client-side programming standard. By providing an overview of ASP using JavaScript, developers not familiar with Microsoft's proprietary scripting language can start using ASP without having to learn a new scripting language. The book will also cover new features to be introduced in ASP 3.0 to be released with Windows 2000.
