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Scripting is alive and well in the world of the Internet. Scripting generally refers to an interpreted language that is run in a given environment. Some of the best known examples are shown below:

	Perl
	JavaScript
	VB Script

Perl

Perl has evolved into a very powerful and fast interpreted language. In many circles, it is the language of choice in dealing with CGI scripting. It's portability story was strong when it was just on Unix platforms, but now it runs on NT as well.

Web Sites
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network If you work with Perl, this site is invaluable. From here you can find the source for Perl as well as an enormous amount of optional software.	ActiveState Tool Corp. - Professional tools for Perl developers Looking for Perl on NT. You'll find it here. It works reasonably well, but there are some gotchas.
www.perl.com - Tutorial for Perl-Tk This site from O'Reilly and Associates is a very good stop on your tour of Perl sites. O'Reilly is the home of the "camel" book which is about Perl.	Larry Wall's Home Page This guy is really into Perl!

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Java Script

Java Script is NOT Java or anything close to it. Java Script is strictly a language that was invented by Netscape and copied by Microsoft for use in web browsers. That said, there is an enormous amount of things you can do with it, for example figuring out which browser is hitting your web server, validating forms, changing graphics on mouseovers....

Web Sites
JavaScript Source Free JavaScripts, Tutorials, Example Code, Reference, Resources, And Help Pretty decent source of cut and paste JavaScript. (No one really writes code since the invention of cut and paste!)	DevEdge Online - JavaScript Developer Central Netscape's documentation for JavaScript. You can find info on what the state of the ECMA is on approving JavaScript as a standard, what's new in 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 JavaScript.
Doc JavaScript Tutorials, Daily Tips, and Free Scripts - docjs.com Pretty decent set of articles on JavaScript and how you can make if function on IE and Netscape.	Just whose JavaScript is it, anyway What's the difference in JScript and JavaScript? This article give a reasonable overview of the differences.

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VB Script

VB Script is a stripped down version of Visual Basic that is available only in IE. It's a decent scripting language, but why would you use it when you can use JavaScript, give up none of the functionality and gain the value of running in Netscape browsers?

Web Sites

Microsoft Scripting Technologies
Here you will find Microsoft's docs on all thier scripting languages, including VB Script, JScript, and WSH

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