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I've just accepted a classic ASP project, because I need the work and the pay is good. So, can I use Visual Studio >= 2005 to edit this? Are there other editors that can deal with it, such as Aptana, NetBeans? Are there add-ins to other editors that allow them to deal with it? I don't want to go back to Visual Studio 6, because these days I find that quite a hateful product. b
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Classic ASP was not a compiled scripting language, for example, and instead was interpreted. This means it runs slowly and risks breaking if there is a syntax error somewhere in the code. It also lacked debug support, meaning that debugging was always something you had to do via trial and error.
Classic ASP is still supported and will be all the time that it is included in IIS, which is a component of Windows Server. It has the same support lifecycle as the parent server. That's up to 2027 on Win Server 2016 and 2029 on Server 2019.
First, it should be noted that the end of life (EOL) for classic ASP is 2025. This is because there are still numerous websites that use it.
Thus, Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 perfectly handle Classic ASP source code execution.
I've worked extensively with ASP-Classic and ASP.NET for many years and I can categorically state that without question the best way to edit and debug ASP Classic code remains Visual Studio (2005 & 2008, I have yet test the experience in 2010 yet).
If you have VS2005 or VS2008 then by all means go ahead and use it.
Sorry if this sounds a bit dogmatic but I do tend to get a little irritated with the "Edit it text editor, debug it with Response.Write" crowd. Its simply isn't necessary and is very painful. Its true that debugging ASP is not as slick as ASP.NET (you can't just press the "run" button) but its close, much closer than many people seem to think.
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