Creative NewMedia’s computer programmers are trained in a wide variety of scripting languages that can add to the interactivity of your web site. We’ve provided brief descriptions of some of the more popular scripting languages below:
Active Server Pages (ASP)
ASP is generated by combining different scripts such as VB Script, SQL and others. This allows you to interact with different applications on the server in order to produce results for the client. Common uses are e-commerce catalogs, secure information update forms, and more. This not only adds functionality it also adds dynamic interaction to the site.
VB Script
VBScript brings active scripting to a wide variety of environments, including Web client scripting in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 and Web server scripting in Microsoft Internet Information Server version 3.0 in the form of Active Server Pages (asp). VBScript talks to host applications using ActiveX Scripting. With ActiveX Scripting, browsers and other host applications don't require special integration code for each scripting component. ActiveX Scripting enables a host to compile scripts, obtain and call entry points, and manage the namespace available to the developer. With ActiveX Scripting, language vendors can create standard language run times for scripting. ActiveX Scripting is used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and in Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0.
Java
Java is an object-oriented programming language that was designed to be small, simple and portable across platforms and operating systems making it ideal for the World Wide Web. Java is based on two applications, Java Script and Java Applets.
JavaScript
JavaScript is used to display text and initialize tasks by working together with the operating system and the browser. Everything from scrolling text to password protection can be programmed by using Java Script.
Java Applets
Java Applets appear in a Web page much in the same way as images do, but unlike images, applets are dynamic and interactive. Applets can be used to create animations and areas that respond to viewer input.
Active X
Active X is a set of technologies from Microsoft that enables interactive content for the World Wide Web. With ActiveX, Web sites come alive using multimedia effects, interactive objects, and sophisticated applications that create a user experience comparable to that of high-quality CD-ROM titles. ActiveX provides the glue that ties together a wide assortment of technology building blocks to enable these "active" Web sites.
Visual Foxpro
Microsoft® Visual FoxPro™ is a powerful new object-oriented environment that can be used for database construction and application development. Visual FoxPro provides the tools users need to manage data - whether they are organizing tables of information and running queries, creating an integrated relational database management system (DBMS), or programming a fully developed data-management application for end users.
Common Gateway Interface
CGI is the part of the Web server that can communicate with other programs running on the server. With CGI, the Web server can call up a program, while passing user-specific data to the program. The program then processes the data and the server passes the response back to the Web browser. Essentially the CGI script allows you to send a receive information and data to the server you are requesting it from. The introduction of CGI has taken the World Wide Web to the next level by allowing viewers to not only read data but submit and react to information.
Lingo
Lingo is Macromedia Director's scripting language that adds interactivity to multimedia productions and expands the possibilties for your movies. Multimedia movies can be created that users can explore and travel in the order that suits them best - movies that communicate with users by sending and receiving information - movies that combine animation and sound in ways that the score alone can't. This gives the developer more precise control over text, sound, images, and video.
