ABSTRACT
So far we have learned how to write simple VB Scripts that run on a web server and produce HTML output. To really discover the versatility of ASP we need to understand what else you can do.
In conventional programming language up until the 1970s, software engineers were given commands they could use, and certain inbuilt functions held in code libraries. As computers advanced software engineering switched to what is called an 'object model'. The idea behind objects is straightforward-powerful functionality is encompassed in a 'black box' of code. The programmer does not need to know anything about how it works; all he or she needs to be aware of is how to communicate with the object. Nowadays even home computers are powerful enough to implement object-oriented principles in their programming environments, and that includes the scripting systems in ASP.
