Posted by Mark Parnell on 01/25/06 07:11

Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, John Salerno
<johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> declared in alt.html:

> 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.

Server-side:
* Requires support on the server
* Is completely transparent to the end user

Client-side:
* Requires support in the user's browser (can be disabled)
* More immediate response (no connection back to the server)

AJAX basically combines the 2. :-)

> If I learn ASP.NET (or PHP), is there any
> reason to use JavaScript also?

The two serve different purposes. IMHO, server-side is more important,
but client-side *can* be useful, as long as the site doesn't rely on it,
as it can easily be disabled by the end user.

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