difference between Classic ASP and ASP.NET

Major difference:

* Classic ASP is Interpreted. ASP.NET is Compiled. If code is changed, ASP.NET recompiles,
otherwise does'nt.

*Classic ASP uses a technology called ADO to connect and work with databases. ASP.NET uses the ADO.NET technology (which is the next generation of ADO).

Others:

* In classic ASP, there was no server controls. You have to write all html tags manually. ASP.NET offers a very rich set of controls called Server Controls and Html Controls.

*Validation Controls.

*Debugging benefits-In classic ASP, debugging is a tough task because of limited support due to the interpreted model. In contrast, not only ASP.NET improves the performance over the interpreted model but also provides debugging tools for component developers and pages compiled into classes.

*Multi Language Support-Only VBScript and Javascript were available for scripting in ASP where as, in ASP.NET there are no such restrictions. The .NET compliant language can be used with ASP.NET including several like C# and VB.NET, where both of them are server-sided languages.