Javascript and VBScript

[Martin]

What needs to be installed on a server to be able to run javascript and
vbscript?

Thanks!

Martin

 

[Bertilo Wennergren]

Martin:

What needs to be installed on a server to be able to run javascript and
vbscript?

A Microsoft server.

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

Martin:


A Microsoft server.

Or Apache with the appropriate modules.

 

[Bertilo Wennergren]

Hywel Jenkins:

Or Apache with the appropriate modules.

How good is the support for VBScript on Apache (with any appropriate
modules)?

 

[Thomas Jollans]

What needs to be installed on a server to be able to run javascript and
vbscript?

Thanks!

Martin

If you mean the <script> tags, you _don't need a server at all_ ! They
are only client side tags.

Thomas

 

[Toby A Inkster]

How good is the support for VBScript on Apache (with any appropriate
modules)?

With Apache for Windows, I'd imagine it possible.

 

[Louis Somers]

What needs to be installed on a server to be able to run javascript and
vbscript?

Thanks!

Martin

Javascript or vbscript do not run on the server. They are embedded in a
HTML page and are run by the browser on the clients computer.

If you are talking about JSP (Java Server Pages) or ASP (Active S.P.) then
you will need server side scripting support for eather or both languages.

What do you want to do?

- For processing data on the server with a database (delivering to your
visiter or storing data they submit) you will need server side scripting.

- For letting buttons highlight when hovering over them, or letting stars
fly, ants crawl, fishes swim over your pages you're looking for javascript
(or vbscript) and don't need any support for it on the server.

 

[Whitecrest]

Javascript or vbscript do not run on the server. They are embedded in a
HTML page and are run by the browser on the clients computer.

ASP uses both server side Javascript and VBScript

What do you want to do?

THAT is the real question!

 

[Toby A Inkster]

ASP uses both server side Javascript and VBScript

It also supports server side Perl, Python, etc.

 

[Whitecrest]

It also supports server side Perl, Python, etc.

It supports many things, but the questions was specifically about
paragraph and VB script

 

[Martin]

HTML, Javascript and VBScript are programming languages that can be interpretted
by Internet Explorer. This ability is built into IE and no other special
software is required.

Can IE interpret DHTML in the same way?

What does Javascript and VBScript do that HTML can't do?

Web pages are created with HTML code which may have Javascript or VBscript
embeded in the code. The HTML code (and Javascript or VBscript if embedded) do
not run on the server but are only run by Internet Explorer.

The code of a webpage may also include ASP. A webpage with ASP requires a
Windows server with Internet Information Server installed. ASP is run on the
server.

Many sites have a form with a submit button. So the form and button are created
with HTML and the information in the form and the action of the Submit button
are processed by ASP.

Any and all further comments are welcome!

Thanks,

Martin

 

[Steve Pugh]

HTML, Javascript and VBScript are programming languages

No. HTML is not a programming language. HTML is a markup language. It
simply describe what data _is_, it has no means of manipulating that
data (no functions, variables, etc.).

JavaScript and VBScript are programming languages.

that can be interpretted
by Internet Explorer. This ability is built into IE and no other special
software is required.

Basically yes. IE (on Windows) is a part of the operating system and
various components are scattered about throughout the operating
system. For example the ability of IE to interpret JavaScripr resides
in one particular .dll.

Oh, and there are other browsers apart from IE.
IE is really the only browser that uses VBScript, most web pages that
use a client side scripting language use JavaScript.

Can IE interpret DHTML in the same way?

DHTML is just a buzzword for manipulating HTML documents with a
scripting language (usually JavaScript).

What does Javascript and VBScript do that HTML can't do?

HTML describes data. (This is a heading, this is a list, etc).

JavaScript and VBScript allow you to manipulate that data (perform
calculations, redraw the contents of the screen without reloading the
page, etc.) and to extend the functionality of the browser interface
(open new windows, muck about with the status bar, etc.).

Web pages are created with HTML code which may have Javascript or VBscript
embeded in the code. The HTML code (and Javascript or VBscript if embedded) do
not run on the server but are only run by Internet Explorer.

Yes. But the user can change their preferences to not allow scripting
languages to run.

The code of a webpage may also include ASP.

Yes. The ASP is parsed by the server and the results are sent to the
browser. The results should be just HTML (plus optional scripting
languages) like any other web page.

ASP is actually a framework that allows the use of various scripting
languages within it. So part of the code of an ASP page (still talking
about the code that's parsed by the server and not sent to the
brwoser) is written in a scripting language such as JavaScript or
VBScript. Obviously what you can do with these languages on the server
as part of an ASP page is somewhat different to what you can do with
them in a browser. Almost all ASP pages use VBScript as their
scripting language.

A webpage with ASP requires a
Windows server with Internet Information Server installed.

No, but that is by far the commonest set up to run ASP.

ASP is run on the server.
Yes.

Many sites have a form with a submit button. So the form and button are created
with HTML and the information in the form and the action of the Submit button
are processed by ASP.

The form is part of HTML. When the form is submitted the browser sends
the inputted data back to the server. A script on the server then
parses the input and reacts accordingly. That script on the server may
be written in ASP, but it may be written in Perl, PHP, JSP, Cold
Fusion or any one of a large number of languages. ASP is by no means
the only server side programming language.

Steve

 

[William Tasso]

HTML, Javascript and VBScript are programming languages

HTML is markup
Javascript is a scripting language
vbScript is a scripting language

that can be
interpretted by Internet Explorer. This ability is built into IE and
no other special software is required.

Can IE interpret DHTML in the same way?

Please define DHTML - last time I looked it was merely a buzzword to
encompass HTML, CSS and client script.

What does Javascript and VBScript do that HTML can't do?

run scripts?

react to events, alter document content ...

Web pages are created with HTML code
markup

which may have Javascript or
VBscript embeded in the code.
markup

The HTML code
markup

(and Javascript or
VBscript if embedded) do not run on the server but are only run by
Internet Explorer.

They may do, if that is the authors intention and is allowed by the visitor

The code of a webpage may also include ASP.

Nope - the ASP is all processed server side. The client won't see it. ASP
is often used to generate markup for the page.

A webpage with ASP
requires a Windows server with Internet Information Server installed.
ASP is run on the server.

Well, there are others, but practically a Windows server with IIS is needed
to get the best from the technology.

Many sites have a form with a submit button. So the form and button
are created with HTML and the information in the form and the action
of the Submit button are processed by ASP.

The information may be processed by ASP.
The browser performs the action

Any and all further comments are welcome!

What are you trying to achieve?


Both of these scripting languages will run within ASP.

 

[Martin]

Thank you for your thorough responses! I'm just trying to get an understanding
of how these pieces all fit into the puzzle. You have helped tremendously. I
appreciate the time you spent helping me.

Martin

 

[Whitecrest]

HTML, Javascript and VBScript are programming languages that can be interpretted
by Internet Explorer. This ability is built into IE and no other special
software is required.

Yes, but there is also ASP which uses Javascript and VBscript on the
server. It will (or won't) come with your Web server

Can IE interpret DHTML in the same way?

yes if they have javacript turned on.

What does Javascript and VBScript do that HTML can't do?

They are a programing language, HTML is not. (at least not in the same
sense)

Web pages are created with HTML code which may have Javascript or VBscript
embeded in the code. The HTML code (and Javascript or VBscript if embedded) do
not run on the server but are only run by Internet Explorer.

Yes (and other browsers)

The code of a webpage may also include ASP. A webpage with ASP requires a
Windows server with Internet Information Server installed. ASP is run on the
server.

For 99% of the cases yes.

Many sites have a form with a submit button. So the form and button are created
with HTML and the information in the form and the action of the Submit button
are processed by ASP.

Yes (or other languages that do the same thing on the server)

Any and all further comments are welcome!

You have hardly scratched the surface.

 

[Whitecrest]

Please define DHTML - last time I looked it was merely a buzzword to
encompass HTML, CSS and client script.

Or in simple terms, yes.

 

[Martin]

Thank you for your contribution! I'm sure many readers are benefiting from this
thread.

You have hardly scratched the surface.>

Could you provide a list of 3 to 5 major topics missing here.

Thank you!

 

[Whitecrest]

Could you provide a list of 3 to 5 major topics missing here.

Validation/accesability, the use of client scripting, PHP, ISAPI, dot
net, database connectivity, Design, FLASH, Multimedia. The list can go
one and on for a very long time. The thread revelations hardly
scratched the surface..

Thank you!

No problem