The generic approach of delivering web content one page at a time in a static manner is in the past. If someone wants to gather some information about stock purchases or see an online portfolio, it would require constant updates to all .html file s. With the use of a Web server, the information can be gathered in a much more efficient manner. The web server needs program logic that generates the page and a way to gather information from the user and return the output information. All of this is quite complex and difficult in the HTML environment, so Microsoft developed Active Server Pages (ASP) to dynamically construct a page in the program logic. ASP is relatively simple to understand and easy to gather basics. To learn more about basic ASP programming, visit our LINKS page.