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Welcome to ASPJavaScript.
Intro:
"ASPJavaScript" is a quick easy set of tutorials on how to write ASP applications in JavaScript. The great promise of "Active Server Pages" is that this technology is language neutral. That means you can use several different scripting languages to write ASP applications, including JavaScript (or JScript).
However, writing JavaScript ASP is not as easy as it sounds; you need to know a handful of clever tricks to make it work. Prior to the launch of this site http://aspjavascript.com in April of 2003, the documentation on using JavaScript Active Server Pages was awful. This site bridges the documentation gap. After following these tutorials, you will be able to write ASP JavaScript. You'll also be able to use a combination of JavaScripts (JScript) and VBScripts in the very same application.
Click here to see the JavaScript ASP lesson plan. Or use the links in the upper left corner to get around.
On this site you will find free lessons on using JavaScript as your primary scripting language for ASP Active Server Pages. Some of the keywords you can look for on this site include: asp, active server pages, javascript, jscript, vbscript, asp javascript, javascript asp, new string, and escape characters. You can also find asp javascripts to manipulate recordsets, construct sql statements, as well as work with database files.
Presumptions:
This site presumes that you know HTML and JavaScript. If you don't know these languages, then you should go visit my friends at HTMLGoodies.com. The tutorials there are outstanding. (P.S. thank you, Dr. Joe Burns, for founding HTMLGoodies.)
I also assume you have access to an ASP server. It is best to test your scripts before you put them on someone else's server. If you run Windows (or if you can at least emulate it), then the best way to go is Microsoft's Personal Web Server or IIS. The official Microsoft site has a download center from which you can acquire this software. There are reams of documents written on how to properly download and run this software. Said reams of documents, however, are beyond the scope of this site.
Scope:
The scope of this web site is tightly limited to teaching you how to use JavaScript as your primary scripting language for ASP. Although ASP experience is not a pre-requisite for using this site, it is not intended to be a thorough ASP teaching source. Once you're done here, you can utilize ASP tutorials written in VBScript and recognize how to do the same thing in JavaScript.
Take Note:
One other important note. Microsoft encourages us to move toward ASP.NET. The .NET technology is undeniably better for large sophisticated applications. But ASP is still appropriate for small, flexible, dynamic applications. If you need a quick powerful solution, ASP probably has the answer.
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