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Scripting Basics
• What is client – side scripting

• Scripts and Programs

• Client side scripting language

• Placing scripts in your web pages

• What can client – side scripts do?

• Limitations of Scripting
Scripting Basics
• Html is a powerful mechanism for layering out pages.

• However, with html alone, you are limited to static pages.

• Client side scripting extends the static web pages by providing a


mechanism for web page authors to create dynamic, interactive pages for
their users.

• The script is written in one of the supported programming languages and


then embedded in a web page’s html code.
What is Client – Side Scripting
• Client – Side scripting refers to creating scripts that are executed in the
user’s web browser, the web client.

• A client side script is typically a small program embedded within an html


document.

• Whenever a web browser that supports client side scripting encounters


one of these scripts, it executes the program by interpreting the
commands.
Scripts and Programs
• Client side scripts are intended to be cross –browser and cross-platform
compatible.

• The intent with java is to have a single code base that, when compiled to
byte code, runs properly on all platforms.

• A byte code file must be interpreted.

• Java, however, is a lot more challenging to learn than many web designers
would like.

• Therefore client-side scripting languages were introduced.

• These languages are meant to have the same cross-platform compatibility,


while being easy to learn.

• There is a subtle difference between scripts and programs.


Scripts and Programs
• Scripts are typically code that is not compiled before being executed,
whereas programs are compiled code that can be executed without the
use of command interpreter.

Compiled Programs

• Compiling converts the source code into machine language executable


code.

• Once the program has been compiled, that ca be run on platform for
which it has been compiled without any other program.

• Compiled programs have some advantages.

• First, because the source code is changed into machine-dependent


executable code, it executes much faster than an interpreted program.
Scripts and Programs
• Another advantage of compiled programs is that it can be distributed
without compromising source code’s integrity.
• Disadvantage of the compiled program is that the process of compiling a
program can take some time, depending on the speed of machine.
• The largest disadvantage is the cross platform compatibility problem.
Interpreted Scripts
• Scripts are run through a command interpreter that interprets the
commands at run time.
• A command interpreter is a compiled program.
• The advantage to scripts over programs is the ability to write and
distribute a single code base across many platforms.
• Another advantage of scripts is their ease of maintenance.
Scripts and Programs
• The biggest disadvantage is the speed at which scripts run.

• The big difference is that the translation is don’t at run time.

• Scripts run significantly slower than their program counterparts.

• The other common disadvantage of scripts over programs is the integrity


of source code.
Client –Side Scripting Languages
JavaScript

• Javascript was the first client-side scripting language developed by


Netscape.

• The purpose of javascript is to provide a true programming language for


use by web page authors to add more interactivity to web pages.

• The first version of javascript contained most of the core functionality for
the scripting language.

Jscript

• In order for Microsoft to support javascript standard, it had to create its


own implementation of javascript.

• The Microsoft implementation of javascript is jscript.


Client –Side Scripting Languages
VBScript

• Around the time of Jscript’s release, Microsoft introduced anotherr client-


side scripting language called Visual Basic Scripting Edition, or VBScript.

• VBScript is based upon Visual Basic Product.


Placing Scripts in your Web Pages
• The client – side scripts can be integrated within a web page.

The <script> tag

• In order to embed client – side scripts in to web pages, an html tag is


needed to tell the browser that the following code is a script,

• This is done through the <script> tag.

• The <script> tag has the following syntax:

<script language=[scripting language]>

• For example,

<script language = “JavaScript”>

• The <script> tag has a closing tag, </script>, to denote the end of the
script.
Placing Scripts in your HTML code
• Client – Side scripts can be placed anywhere in the html text.
• The most common place for scripts is head section.
• Using a script tag in the header section is a good place to define all the
subroutines.
• JavaScript embedded in the <head> section
<head>
<title> Java Scripting </title>
<Script Language=“javascript”>
function display_message(string_messgae)
{
window.staus = string_message;
}</script> </head>
Placing Scripts in your HTML code
• The script can be included in the body of the html document, when the
script needs to write some dynamic code to the document as it’s being
parsed upon loading.

• JavaScript example for the html body section

<script language=“javascript”>

if ( useragent == “Netscape”)

document.write(“Thank you for using Netscape”)

</script>
Placing Scripts in your HTML code
• Javascript example embedded in html tags

<a href=“toc.html”
onMouseOver=‘window.status=“Return to table of contents”;return true’
onMouseOut=‘window.status=“ “; return true’>

Running client – side scripts

• Client side scripts are run by loading the web page in which they are
embedded into a web browser that supports that scripting language.

• Depending on how the script is to be run, the web browser either


executes the code immediately or waits until the user performs some
action.
What can Client – Side Scripts Do?
• Client – Side scripts provide a mechanism for building more interactivity
into web pages.

• Client – side scripts are full featured programming languages with


conditional statements, control structures, and data structures.

• Tasks that can be performed by using client-side scripting are validation of


form data, status bar messages, image rollovers and cookies manipulation.
Limitations of Scripting
• One of the biggest problem with client – side script is that the script
embedded into html pages is viewable by everyone who download the
web page.

• Another limitation is the scope in which they can run.

• Client - Side scripts are also somewhat limited in the actions they can
perform.

• Client – side scripts must contain commands that are independent of the
platform on which they are run.

• Client – Side scripts do not possess all of the power of CGI scripts.

• CGI script is needed to handle the form data after it has been validated.

• CGI script is also needed to access information in a database.


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