ASP in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Active Server Pages (ASP) has become a standard for developing server-side Web applications. Prior to the development of ASP, all information served to the client's browser was static -- the Web server did not dynamically generate any part of the site's content. ASP allows Web developers to dynamically generate browser-neutral content. ASP in a Nutshell provides the high-quality documentation that developers really need to create effective ASP applications. It focuses on how features are used in a real application and highlights little-known or undocumented apsects. This book also includes an overview of the interaction between the latest release of Internet Information Server (version 4) and ASP, plus an introduction to the IIS object model and the objects it comprises. This detailed reference enables even experienced Web developers to advance their ASP applications to new levels.

ASP (active server pages) technology is a model of dynamic information service, which means the user gets customized information rather than static, designed-for-everyone html pages. ASP also has an open-source initiative, which gives legs to ASP outside of Microsoft; presently it runs on everything from Microsoft to Unix/Linux, Mac, and SGI. This manual is not for beginners, but this is a highly lucrative area at the moment.
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