Development of ASP
Microsoft’s Active Server Pages (ASP) was released with IIS2.0 in approximately 1997.
ASP only runs on Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) and Personal Web Servers, and O’Reilly’s WebSite Pro.
There has grown up a full suite of software including ASP editors, such as the ones in Microsoft Visual Studio and from Macromedia. There is also a Microsoft script debugger.
There are lots of web materials and examples, including performance tips.
ASP is free for WindowsNT and other Microsoft platforms.
ASP has recently become available for Unix platforms from Chilisoft and Halcyon.