Designing Active Server Pages

Further Reading

Unfortunately, there is little in the way of documentation on these alternative server-side scripting languages. While there are a vast number of ASP-related web sites, nearly all of them focus exclusively on VBScript. The vast majority of ASP-related books focus on VBScript as well. Despite this, there are some useful articles, tutorials, and sites that deal with these alternative scripting languages.

• This tutorial is geared towards those who are more familiar with Perl than with ASP. Nevertheless, it is a very thorough tutorial on PerlScript and worth a read: http://www.fastnetltd.ndirect.co.uk/Perl/Articles/PSIntro.html.

• If you want to ask your Jscript questions with fellow ASP developers, be sure to sign up for the JScript ListServ at http://www.asplists.com/learn/javascript.asp.

• Read a good tutorial discussing JScript in terms of objects at http://www.asptoday.com/articles/19990316.htm.

• Learn how to incorporate both VBScript and JScript code in your ASP pages. This article, available at http://www.asptoday.com/articles/19990420.htm, even demonstrates how to call VBScript functions from JScript code and vice versa.

• One of VBScript’s advantages is its many inherent formatting functions, such as FormatCurrency, FormatDateTime, and others. Mosey on over to http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/vb2java.shtml to see some JScript translations of some of the more common and useful VBScript formatting functions.

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