What are the advantages and disadvantages of javascript ?
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Advantages:\n\n(1) Javascript can be usefull in giving good graphic effect.\n(2) It can be used to evaluate form details.\n(3) Can perform conditional operations.\n(4) Can handle with files (Many say javascript cannot handle files but I have made many programs with HTML and javascript which includes File Handling. It uses FileSystemObject)\n(5) Can do calculations even while offline.\n(6) With javascript, it is easy to build a webpage than other scripts like vbs. (That's my feeling)\n(7) And more....\n\nDisadvantages:\n(1) They are not supported in older versions of windows and browsers.\n(2) It cannot be used to check passwords because the file can be read by an external file viewer easily. So, the password can be hacked easily.\n(3) It can be disabled and web devolopers do not depend on javascript for basic functions.\n(4) Cannot be used for server sided scripting like php, asp.\n(5) Many more...
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If you have Opera: Tools-> Preferences-> Advanced-> Content-> Enable JavaScript. If you have Mozilla Firefox: Tools-> Options-> Content-> Enable JavaScript. ;)
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running javascript on client-side is great because the server is exempted for all the work such as validation etc. Infact in Oreilly's cookbook for javascript you will find code for client side search where the server just sends the client relevant site database from which the client can search through using the script...
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First, let me clarify.  Some have said Javascript or VBScript.  These are client-side programming languages, in other words, they run on the viewer's computer.  They are very limited in what they can do.\n\nPHP, Java, VB, and ASP are all server-side.  That means they create html code dynamically and then send it to the viewer's computer.  It can include Javascript and VBscript along with the HTML.\n\nFor server-side languages, I prefer PHP hands down.  Nearly all dynamic sites require using a database, and PHP has native functions built in for handling database results.  PHP was designed for web site design from the start and with PHP 5 has become truly object-oriented.  It runs faster than Java, and is cross platform (unlike ASP, which only runs on Windows OS).\n\nIt is also open-source (read free).
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Advantages - fast creation, easily modified and saves money\n\nDisadvantages - data can be lost or corrupted, needs backing up all the time.
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I prefer PHP because it is very flexible and fairly easy to learn. I would avoid ASP because of all the security problems with IIS servers.
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Javascript is a programming language, not a software. It doesn't have to be installed. However, you do need a web browser that is javascript-enabled in order to access sites and games written in java.
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Well I dont know your defination of impressive but these websites have some pretty awesome scripts which you can use for free..have fun..\n\n1) http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml\n2) http://www.a1javascripts.com/\n3)http://www.java-scripts.net/\n4) http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/7116/\n5) http://www.javafile.com/
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1 Java is not javascript.\n2 Sound like the remnants of your trojan/virus/spyware.\n\n3! Get Firefox! (http://getfirefox.com)!!!!!!\n\nthis kind of crap doesn't happen in firefox! Just Microsoft products!
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1) Java isn't javascript. so one of the other answerers is off base.\n\n2) flash needs to be installed... and most browsers will help you install it.\n\n3) lots of people have complained recently about flash/javascript shutting down (in MS IE).. \n\nmy advice is re-install flash, the latest version.
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Everyone is answering sooooo wrong! Javascript is NOT the same as Java! Downloading Java has nothing to do with viewing javascript.\n\nTo view javascript in Internet Explorer, go to Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet > Custom Level > Scripting > Active Scripting > "Enable" > OK > answer "Yes" > Ok
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not problems , but its more secure , u had to add many sites to trusted sites , also mail , also java script may need some tune
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you mean write javascript on a asp.net page?\n\n<script>window.alert('helloworld') </script>\n\nyou talking about Postback? im not sure
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JavaScript is a script language - a system of programming codes, created by Netscape, that can be embedded into the HTML of a web page to add functionality. JavaScript should not be confused with the Java programming language. In general, script languages such as JavaScript are easier and faster to code than more structured languages such as Java and C++. Examples of JavaScript use in web site development.\n\nIn website development, javascript can't do much alone. It needs the help of HTML and DHTML
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The advantage that Dreamweaver and Notepad share over Front page is far, far less bloated files.\n\nThere's not much of an advantage over Dreamweaver, presuming you're not paying for it, because dreamweaver's got it's own text editor, complete with syntax highlighting and manuals.\n\nThe advantage to hand-writing HTML (or any other code for that matter) is that, once you've got the hang of it, it's infinitely more powerful than using a WYSIWYG editor, since you can do everything the code will allow, not just what the particular editor does. Also, it's easier to fix code when you know what it does.\n\nEDIT: (real men use Vim)
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Choose one of the three. Each has its own pros and cons.\n\nC++, Java, C#
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language should have never been used for specifying JS vs VB or setting versions.\n\ntype is correct... language worked, but does not validate and is just OLD!