Javascript or VBScript - WHICH ONE

[BigM]

Hi Each,

I am fairly new to web development and am wanting to know which of Javascript or VBScript I should use. I am assumimg each will have limitations/advantages but what are they?

Will using ASP force my hand down the VBScript route.

Any info appreciated.

 

[Karl Blessing]

First off if using ASP, that's serverside, and it's usally good to work with VBscript on the serverside as it offers most flexibility in ASP, however on the client side things are different.

both have their limitation, but I would concentrate on using javascript if you are going to write client side scripting, as VBScript's major flaw is that it only works with InterNet explorer, no other browsers, javascript works with almost all browsers.

I write in ASP, and I found it best, to write VBScript serverside, and Javascript clientside.

 

[fhilliard]

Before you jump into VBScript, you should know that ColdFusion by Allaire is just as powerful and far easier to learn. It's tag-based and works on the server and (with JavaScript, JAVA, WDDX, etc.) on the client. It's also cross-server so you can use it on IIS or Netscape or Apache, and cross-platform so it runs on Unix, Linux, WinNT. There is also a very large developer community and a lot of technical support.

 

[TechDude]

for client-side programming, there is no real choice but javascript
unless you are guaranteed that your user group will be exclusively
ie browsers. Vbscript is primarily used for ASP in which case,
it doesn't matter what browser you use to view the page.

bottom line, you need to know javascript to get along
in the web development world today.
Unless you are going to program asp, I would consider vbscript
an added skill rather than a necessary one.

-Chris