is javascript dead?

[gpaul]

if you know how to program in VB and C# is it worth
learning javascript or has .NET killed javascript?

[Manish Malik]

I personally don't think VB and C# have anything to do with Netscape's Javascript - it's still consistently being used as client-side and server-side (ASP) scripting language, and still is the most preferred one for client-side.


Manish
http://www.manishmalik.com

[eahmed]

JavaScript is alive and well on the .NET Platform - it is called JScript .NET.

Like JavaScript, JScript .NET has a relaxed type system that works to make the language easier to learn and use than other languages like Visual Basic and C#. JavaScript is usually used in a browser, like Internet Explorer, to perform tasks like form validation and add interactivity to a Web page. JScript .NET extends the capabilities of the language to the point where you can create traditional Windows-based applications (those that have a GUI, menus, etc), ASP.NET applications, and Web Services.

I'm writing a series of articles on JScript .NET and the .NET Platform at webdeveloper.earthweb.com - here's the address of the first installment of the series:

http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs/article/0,,12721_934981,00.html

I'm the author of "JScript .NET Programming" - you can get a review of the book here:
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs/article/0,,12721_929961,00.html

You can also get two sample chapters from the book from my website - see my signature below for the address.


Essam Ahmed
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Author of JScript .NET Programming - Now Avaialble!
http://www.designs2solutions.com/jsnetprg

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[Antti J. Oja]

In my opinion .NET has not killed JavaScript. I know alot of people who do not want to learn the huge .NET just to be able to make a small website. Plus, if you go to sites like http://www.dhtmlcentral.com/ or http://www.bratta.com/ you'll notice that plain JavaScript is still largely used in conjunction with HTML thus making it DHTML ;)

.NET is for those who are aiming for professional web design and plain old HTML and JS are good for the occasional web programmer in my opinion.

- A.J. Oja -

[Brad Jones]

As Manish indicated, javascript is still a critical language for Web development on the client side. It is one of the few languages that is portable on the client side to multiple Web Servers on multiple operating systems. .NET's ASP.ENT provides a fantastic server-side development infrastructure. Using ASP.NET to generate javascript code still makes perfect sense. A bigger question may be is VBScript dead.

Brad!

[Zvona]

At least here in Finland ;), people doesn't even seem to know about .NET technologies enough.
Besides, many people are happy when they can make earthquake- and snowflake- scripts and call themselves coders :)

In general, javascript is not dead. Though the scripting with JS is decreased, recommendations
like DOM will keep JS alive quite long. Maybe, when XML/XHTML replaces HTML concept completely, nobody remembers the meaning of javascript due to .NET(or some else) technology.

It has been said that Javascript (also HTML as a mark-up lng) was ruined by the conflict between IE and NS (due to cross-browser incompabilites). Also this may cause the dead of javascript. Or how many of you can admit having fun while writing the very same script three times (for IE, for NS6/Moz and for NN4..oh, and for Opera too. Hey, what about browsers without javascript support??)


zvona