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Asked: 2026-05-19T23:19:50+00:00

I have recently decided to dive in to ASP and have set up a

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I have recently decided to dive in to ASP and have set up a Windows Server package on my resellers account (shared hosting).

I’m from a largely PHP background and haven’t touched ASP since, well, tonight.

I created a new file in Dreamweaver (hey, I like the colourful syntax) and was presented with a choice of filetypes:

  • ASP Javascript (file.asp)
  • ASP VBScript (file.asp)
  • ASP C# (file.aspx)
  • ASP VB (file.aspx)

Could someone better informed please tell me why some files are .asp and others are .aspx?

I’m aware that the ASP framework supports JS/C#/VB (I think!) but what does this mean in laymen’s…that a developer may use a language of their choice within ASP pages?

Also, Dreamweaver added:

<%@ Page Language="C#" ContentType="text/html" ResponseEncoding="utf-8" %>
<!DOCTYPE html>

to the top of my page, which, when I uploaded caused a Runtime error. (My hosting was unable to show any errors except for the generic one).

Removing this top line, and my code seems to work:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<%Response.Write("My first ASP script!")%>
</body>
</html>

Any clarification would be great.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    asp is the “old” Active Service Page and aspx is ASP.NET. I recommend you dive into the tutorials over at ASP.NET, the videos are really great and easy to understand.

    I would also recommend going for ASP.NET MVC which is a bit easier to understand if you are use php development.

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