Client-Side Scripting vs. Server-Side Scripting
Written by Eric Smith, Northstar Computer Systems LLC
A user asked what the differences between client and server-side scripting are. The main and most obvious difference is whether the user can see your code. Any code in ASP pages that is between delimiter characters never makes it to the user's browser. However, you can embed Javascript or VBScript code in your ASP pages that will make it to the user's browser -- just make sure it's not inside your ASP delimiters or the ASP engine will attempt to interpret it. The other major difference is where the code is executed. All server-side code is executed before being sent to the user's browser. Client-side code is executed as needed inside the page in the user's browser. For some types of client-side code, like validation code, this is helpful since some validation can be done without a round-trip to the server.
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Publication Date: 2/1/2000
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