We often say that ASP is not a language, although it seems that the ASP code appears in the form of a script. Microsoft defines ASP as a scripting language execution environment. In this execution environment, there are two types of ASP technology codes, one is VBScript and the other is Jscript. Both of these are supported by ASP by default.
Of course, you can also use other scripting languages. All you have to do is install the ActiveX scripting of this language.
For example, if you are very good at using Perl language, then you can use PerlScript for ASP development. In addition to setting up some simple and basic requirements, you can easily use ASP technology to develop websites without using other tools.
Because ASP scripts strictly follow the ASCII file format, you can design your ASP page without any other special tools. But one thing is that before we start designing our own ASP pages, we must run a server that can support ASP technology so that we can browse ASP pages. In other words, you cannot try to open a browser that reads an ASP content from your local html page.
So what server environments can ASP run in? There are: Windows NT, 95, and 98, running Internet Information Server (IIS) or Personal Web Server (PWS). Among them, IIS 4 (NT Option Pack 4) contains the latest version of ASP technology.
If you are using NT Server, then you need to install NT Option Pack 4 and start IIS on your system.
If you are using an NT workstation or Windows 95/98 operating system, then what you need is to install a Personal Web Server, which is a technically simple IIS. However, it already allows you to run ASP offline on your own machine.
Even if you have absolutely no experience in web services, rest assured that PWS is still very easy to use. Installing a PWS will give you a basic 127.1.1.1/ site for testing. If you are using an operating system such as non-NT, you can click the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/NT4OptPk/default.asp
Windows NT Option Pack. Download the patch pack.