Categories World Wide Web

By William Robert Stanek

Corporate Web sites aren't novelties any more. More and more, these sites are viewed as critically important to an organization's success, driving a burgeoning need for industrial-strength sites with applications to match. Netscape's server-side JavaScript is one of the most powerful technologies available for meeting this need.

JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages ever. The core language includes all of the statements, operators, objects, and functions that make up the basic JavaScript language and are applicable to both client and server applications. JavaScript has additional objects and functions specific to client-side or server-side functionality. You use client-side JavaScript, which is supported by Netscape Navigator, for working with Web pages and client browsers. Server-side JavaScript, available in Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape's e-commerce products, enables back-end access to databases, file systems, and servers.

William Robert Stanek is a frequent contributor to PC Magazine. He can be contacted at writing@tvpress.com.

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Published as PC Tech Feature in the 5/4/99 issue of PC Magazine.

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