Client side scripting and Server side scripting languages

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Rachel picture Rachel · Mar 7, 2013 · Viewed 69.3k times · Source

  • What scripting languages comes under client side and what and all comes under server side?

  • If JavaScript is scripting language, then what about jquery. jquery is nothing but javascript library rite? so jquery is client side scripting?

    I goggled it, but its still confusing. In some sites its given, client side scripting are JavaScript and vb script and in some other sites its saying only JavaScript. In case of server side, they are mentioning html also.

    Can i have a clear idea about this.

Answer

Subir Kumar Sao picture Subir Kumar Sao · Mar 7, 2013

Client Side:

Scripts that execute in client side. In context of websites, it is scripts that execute in the browser of the user.

Eg: Javascript, VB etc.

(JQuery, DOJO are libraries build on top of Javascript so it is also client side.)

Server Side:

Scripts that execute in the Server. In context of website, it is scripts that execute on application servers.

Eg: PHP, Python, Ruby etc

We cannot classify languages as client side or server side. There could be a scenario where a server can execute Javascript and render HTML from it. In this context Javascript becomes a server side lanuage. I hope I did not confuse you.

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