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Posted by David Dorward on 01/24/06 23:39
John Salerno wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance, but whenever I think of JavaScript I can't help but
> think of it as being something that's old and slowing going out of
> style. Is this unfounded?
For client side? Yes.
> Is JS still the main scripting language used
> in web pages, or are others preferred?
For client side, the only other options are VBScript (IE only[1]) and
PerlScript (IE with a third party plugin only[2]).
> I know PHP and/or ASP.NET is
> popular, but do they do the same things?
No.
Server side scripting does /useful/ things. Client side scripting can be
used to duplicate server side scripting as a convenience for the user (but
you need the server side as client side isn't dependable), and for adding
other convenience features (such as highlighting a specific part of a
document when linked to[3])
[1] So a very bad choice[3]
[2] So an amazingly bad choice[3]
[3] An exception /might/ be for use on an intranet ... but dependence on IE
for web apps crippled IBMs attempt to switch to Linux desktops, so its
still not a very good idea.
[4] http://dorward.me.uk/software/frag/
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