What is Scripting?

  1. First introduced by Netscape Navigator 2.01, then by Microsoft in I.E. 3.0
  2. Scripting makes the web page into a small software program.
    Previously, web pages were just a file with links.
    Now, web pages can be complex, with pages inside of pages
  3. Puts more intelligence (and complexity) onto the web page
  4. Features that once required a CGI can now be achieved with scripts
  5. Good way transfer some of the programming requirements off the server

Why should you learn Scripting? See this article

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