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Posted by Rami Elomaa on 07/29/07 10:00
Frank kirjoitti:
> Good morning,
>
> I'm a newbie and I'm about to study a scripting language to create an HTML
> form. What's the best language for this, and why?
>
> JavaScript? PHP? PERL? Ajax? ASP? VBScript?
First you need to get your terms right. There's client-side scripting,
and then there's server-side scripting. PHP, Perl, ASP and JSP (which
you didn't mention, but it's wort looking into still) are server-side
languages, JavaScript and VBScript are client-side. Ajax is not a
language at all, it's the name for a technique that allows javascript to
communicate with some server-side application.
Choosing between javascript and vbscript, there really is no
competition, VBScript is microsoft proprietary bullshit, it works only
in MS Internet Explorer, and knowing that there is a variety of other
browsers, you can't choose a language that works in only one of them. So
for client-side scripts you use javascript. And if possible, don't use
it, try to make everything work with just server-side scripts.
JavaScript is just an enhancment, not a complete solution.
Next the choice between PHP, Perl, ASP and JSP. Again, one of these
languages is microsoft-only, works only in Windows+IIS webserver,
wouldn't go there. For PHP, Perl and JSP then, JSP is propably the most
sophisticated since it's completly object oriented language, maybe most
difficult to learn but worth it. PHP and Perl are good choices both,
just pick one. Since this is a php group I have to recommend php.
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