A Guide to Writing Reusable Code.
Intermediate Level Users.
Active Server Pages (ASP) is one of the most popular and accessible methods for developing dynamic web pages. This book shows ASP developers how to reuse code by looking for common functionality and by separating the presentation element of web pages from script.
With a focus on techniques and features available in ASP 3.0 and VBScript 5.0+, topics include:
- Including scripting blocks or code libraries using the #include server-side directive or the Server.Transfer method
- Developing and using classes by using the ClassEnd Class construct added to VBScript 5.0
- Maximising ASP's language independence by using another scripting language (like JScript, Perl, or Python)
- Creating simple COM components to encapsulate common functionality by using the Microsoft Script Component Wizard
- Taking advantage of existing third-party components to perform specialised operations
Along with discussing the techniques for maximising code reuse, the book provides concrete code examples that put these techniques into practice. Chapters indicate how to reuse code for HTML forms and for database access and maintenance, which are the two areas in which ASP programmers typically find themselves reinventing the wheel. The book is an indispensable resource for the ASP programmer who wants to make the transition from writing scripts one page at a time to developing, powerful, modular, maintainable ASP pages.
