Converting from asp

[malonep]

Hi,

this is a general question.

When converting from asp to asp.net, I know you can either rewrite from scratch or you can just convert an asp with a name and syntax changes.

My question is if you just change from asp to asp.net by changing name/syntax is there any benefit (eg performace/speed).

I need to make a report on the pros and cons of switching to asp.net and which way is better(rewrite or conversion) in terms of time spent vs. improvements/maintainence.

I can only find on the web how to convert a page not the benefits/drawbacks if there are any.

Thanks

 

[Kalisto]

This is personal experience, I have no metrics to support this yet, but I would say you are better re-writing from scratch. You can take this as an opportunity to re-factor your asp code to take into account current changes in the law (if you are affected by bobby legislation for example), and your new code will be properly .net, not just converted. Future Web Servers will be optimised for .net, and standard asp will be available for backwards compatibility. (Note, most webservers are not yet fully .net optimised as there is still a large amount of standard asp out there)

If you just convert your standard asp controls to .net webcontrols you dont really benefit from the new features of .net, and sooner or later you will need to revisit the code again if you wish to use any of the new stuff. So a careful planned re-write now will save money and time in the long run.

K