Classic ASP and ASP.NET
 
 
Beginning
 
This article talk about how to share session state between classic ASP and Microsoft ASP.NET using Microsoft .NET Framework classes and the serialization feature of the .NET Framework. Sharing session state allows converting existing ASP applications to ASP.NET applications in stages while running the applications side by side. And it is so much useful in programming. Microsoft® ASP.NET is the latest Microsoft technology for developing Web-based applications.
 
 
The advantages of Microsoft® ASP.NET over the classic ASP script technology
 
 
a. Its compile feature in conjunction with its caching support means significantly better performance for sites written in ASP.NET over equivalent sites written in classic ASP. 
 
b. Its code is fully compiled instead of interpreted as in classic ASP. 
 
c. A better development structure by separating the UI presentation from business logic. 
 
Disadvantages
 
a. In order to run the new and old application side by side, a mechanism is needed to share the session state between classic ASP and ASP.NET. 
 
b. Many existing ASP applications are mission critical and complex. 
 
c. One approach to address these issues is to run the ASP and ASP.NET side by side, and convert one section of the application at a time to ASP.NET. 
 
d. The conversion process could be resource intensive and induce additional risk to the existing application. 
 
All the best!