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Posted by John Salerno on 01/25/06 06:37
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? Is JS still the main scripting language used
> in web pages, or are others preferred? I know PHP and/or ASP.NET is
> popular, but do they do the same things?
>
> Thanks, and sorry that my question isn't exactly HTML-centric, but I
> figured since I'm learning HTML/CSS right now, I only want to ask this
> question in a group that focuses on those languages, and not a
> full-blown scripting group, which would be over my head.
Thanks for the great responses. Definitely some good stuff to think about.
I should also mention that one thing that prompts my question is that I
was viewing the source info for random websites, and I noticed that
every page I happened to look at that had a banner at the top (or some
type of consistent design that appeared on all pages) used JavaScript to
create this. I had read elsewhere that PHP was good for this sort of
thing, so that's why I asked if they can do the same stuff. I understand
what it means for a scripting language to be client-side or server-side,
but I guess I don't get why you'd prefer one over the other.
Right now I'm sort of learning C# for fun, but I haven't begun anything
with ASP.NET yet. But I figure if I ever want to add scripting to my
websites, I would like to stick with C# and ASP.NET, as opposed to PHP
or JavaScript or whatever else is available. I understand that PHP and
ASP.NET can do mostly the same things, so another way to ask my question
would be something like, If I learn ASP.NET (or PHP), is there any
reason to use JavaScript also?
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