Summary

It is important to understand the differences between ASP and ASP.NET before trying to convert an application from one to the other. Even though ASP.NET was designed with backward compatibility in mind, it is unlikely that any ASP application that was not written with ASP.NET in mind will be able to run unmodified in ASP.NET. The tips in this chapter should help you migrate your ASP application with minimal difficulty. Additionally, knowing about the differences between ASP and ASP.NET allows you to write any future ASP code so that it can be easily converted to ASP.NET when necessary.