1.4 Why and When Would I Use ASP.NET?
You should use ASP.NET for any new projects you are about to start
for the following reasons:
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Some of these benefits, such as reduction in development time, assume
familiarity with the .NET development platform. If you are starting
your first ASP.NET development project, you should allow some time
for getting up to speed on the new platform. Subsequent projects
should see reduced development time over classic ASP, as developers
become more familiar with the platform.
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In addition to these
factors, ASP.NET, like ASP, is available for free. The only costs
associated with ASP.NET development are the costs of the operating
system on which you wish to run your application
(Windows 2000,
Windows XP, or
Windows
Server 2003) and the cost of the development environment you choose
to use. Of course, as with classic ASP, you can use free or
inexpensive text editors to create your applications. Given that the
.NET Framework is a free add-on to Windows (and is integrated with
the Windows Server 2003 line), it is possible to create ASP.NET
applications without spending a penny beyond the cost of the
operating system and hardware on which it will run. Integrated
development environments, such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003,
are also available at an additional cost and greatly simplify ASP
.NET development.
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