What Does Visual Basic 6 Need for Web Application Development?
OK, so what do you need to start developing an IIS application? Even if you don't run your application you'll still need the Microsoft Active Server Pages Object Library, ASP.DLL. This is included in the project references in the IIS Application template, and one of its objects (the Response object) is used in the template code. However, a Web server that supports ASP is required to run your application. The Microsoft choices for development Web servers are shown in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1 Web Application Development Servers
| Operating System | Development Web Server |
| Windows NT Server 4 | Internet Information Server |
| Windows NT Workstation 4 | Peer Web Services |
| Windows 9x | Personal Web Server |
You can use any of these servers during application development, but you must use IIS for deployment.
Now that we have discussed IIS applications in general, let's try developing one of our own. First we'll see what the IIS Application template gives us for free. Then we'll develop a home page for our application and add further extensions to our home page to increase its usefulness to users and to ourselves.