Porting Classic ASP / VB applications to .NET

With the advent of .net technologies, OffshoreDotNetDevelopment have witnessed many of our clients demanding a transition from their traditional ASP and VB based platforms to the .net platform. Due to their foundational similarities, it is a natural progression for the extensibility of the existing application.

One of the biggest advantages of utilizing the .net framework for porting is that both ASP and ASP.net are based on the same web server. So compatibility issues between the existing system and the .net system are minimized. Moreover, ASP .net applications are capable of handling two to three times more number of requests as compared to classic ASP application making the system more powerful. Due to the increased stability of a .net application at runtime, porting is a very attractive choice for our clients. ASP .net comes with many technologically superior features that reduce the development efforts as well as the lines of code.

While it seems that converting classic ASP and VB applications to the .net framework only involves changing the file extensions from .asp to .aspx, in reality there are various levels of porting that may be applied to the system. On one hand some applications require the implementation of some very basic porting mechanisms and syntactical changes, and on the other hand, the rich features of ASP.net and VB.net such as ASP .net web controls, Microsoft ADO .net, the Microsoft .net framework classes etc. can be put to use, to develop the new system. Many a times, due to time constraints we do a simple porting of the system in order to make the application graduate to the .net technology. On other occasions, when our clients demand their applications to be feature rich, we have developed the entire system from the grounds up. However, most commonly, we opt for the gradual step by step porting of the application keeping the underlying COM components, defining the business rules of the system and efficiently porting the user interface of the application.

With our diverse experience in handling various porting projects, the OffshoreDotNetDevelopment team has catered to varied interests of our clients keeping in mind the constraints on time and cost. This makes us the popular choice for all kinds of porting needs.

Engagement Models

Do you have a legacy system that you wish to upgrade to a newer technology? Contact us with all your migration requirements. Based on your needs we offer you the choice of engaging with us under various models. These include:

Fixed cost projects : A fixed cost project is one wherein the cost and project duration are fixed. The requirements must be clearly defined and not likely to change during the development cycle. Read More

Hiring Dedicated Developers : You can engage with us for dedicated developers who will be assigned to your project alone. You can hire a single developer, multiple developers or a whole project team (including project managers, designers, developers etc). The dedicated resources will act as an extension to your staff. Read More

Development Approach

We strive to ensure delivery of timely and high quality solutions. The development approach and methodology that we follow helps us achieve this. We are proficient in:

Agile Development Methodology
Waterfall Development Methodology

For a more detailed look, browse through our development approach and methodology.