There's been a lot of debate lately about the future of VB 6, the last version prior to the .NET incarnation, even prompting Microsoft's new VBRun resource center for VB 6 developers.
So what's the future of classic ASP 3.0? It's still the most widely used ASP version. And not only that, our book sales and comments from readers show it's not just legacy usage, there are still a fair number of people learning ASP 3 at the beginning stage and setting up new sites with ASP 3.0.
When ASP.NET 2.0 releases this fall, will tools like Visual Web Developer Express Edition and the associated starter kits lure these classic ASP 3 newbies to install .NET 2.0 and try ASP.NET 2.0 instead? Will experienced classic ASP 3 developers who haven't made the move to ASP.NET 1.x see enough reason to move to ASP.NET 2.0?
Running thought for the day: I haven't been able to run much lately. I got to run Sat, Sun, and Mon. Those were my first runs in 2 weeks. I don't know when I'll be able to run again. Running's been a vital part of my life the last 6 years. But the last 2 weeks have shown me that why I still need it, and it helps center me, and I go crazy if I go too long without running, and I feel so good running when I haven't run for a while, it's definitely not in my top priorities and needs in life and I need to treat it accordingly while I tend to more important matters. The road will always be there, beckoning, I'll be back on it more often later this year I hope.
Some weird synchronicity... I was just grousing about using classic ASP 3.0 at work:
http://www.decafbad.com/blog/2005/06/22/fun_and_notsofun
Posted by: l.m.orchard | June 24, 2005 at 01:28 PM