From everything I have read it appears that JSP is more powerful. The
reasons are as follows:
-JSP uses Java and has full access to it's APIs whereas ASP uses VBScript
-JSP can be used on any server, ASP can only be used on IIS or certain
Unix servers with a third party plug in.
-JSP can utilize Javabeans as it's components. Javabeans can be moved to
any server after being compiled. ASP on the other hand uses COM which
must be compiled and installed on the same server that will execute it.
However, ASP was first and has a larger following, which means it is
currently more widely supported by the ISPs. Also, JSP is probably
slightly more difficult to use because Java is somewhat harder to learn
than Visual Basic. If you are already using ASP and you only have to work
on one server, you should probably continue to use it.
Hope that helps a little.
Steve
>>> RMurphy708@a... 06/26/2000 11:25:02 AM >>>
I've been using ASP over the last 6 months or so, and thanks to the
various
Wrox books on ASP and various threads on the Wrox asp group, it's
finally
beginning to make sense and I'm now developing some 'real' applications
at
last ...
But I'm now confused over the relative strengths of ASP as opposed to JSP
(Java Server Pages). The confusion has arisen after seeing a Wrox title on
Professional JSP in a bookshop recently - after skimming through some
of
the chapters, I got the impression that JSP seems to offer the same
sort
of
functionality as ASP.
Can anybody advise as to what the main differences between ASP and JSP
are
- also, are there any scenarios where JSP offers a more elegant/powerful=20
solution than ASP would ?
I suppose I'm looking for some sort of verdict on which of the two (JSP
or
ASP) is the most powerful.
Thanks.
Ray
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