Active Server Pages (ASP) is a Microsoft technology for generating dynamic HTML content. Dynamic content is content that changes based on user input and on the instructions you provide in the ASP code. ASP is ideal for creating web pages customized for different types of users, as well as for web sites that allow a user to browse and perform actions on records in a database.

ASP is not a standalone technology; rather, ASP files are essentially HTML files with server scripts included to create and handle dynamic content. You use a scripting language, such as VBScript (the default scripting language) or JavaScript, to write the functions and procedures that the application (web site) will use.

About this Tutorial

This tutorial describes how to use the methods and properties of built-in ASP objects to create functionality for web pages comprising an ASP application. It is assumed you have a basic understanding of HTML and VBScript.

How to Use This Tutorial

This tutorial teaches a great foundation for Active Server Pages (ASP). This tutorial teaches the basics of programming in ASP and how you can use ASP to create dynamic web pages.

Read through the tutorial and you will have a good understanding of ASP and creating your own ASP web pages.