Posted by Andy Dingley on 01/25/06 03:14

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:22:23 GMT, John Salerno
<johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> 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?

Yes, totally.

The only game in town for client-side scripting is JavaScript, and will
be for the forseeable future. Read the excellent book "Ajax in Action"
for a look at the current state of the art.

For server-side scripting, J(ava)Script is still the best choice for
ASP/Windows (don't use VBScript). PHP is popular because it's cheap and
easy to get hosting for. Java is probably the most powerful option.
The many other options are a long way behind these "big three" in
usefulness.

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