I use vb-script. I know... everyone hates it.<P>With the pending release of the .NET servers, and needing to learn XML, and still working with basically ASP2.0 features for the most part, I figure now ...

Python and PHP are two of the most popular high-level programming languages. PHP is traditionally used as a server-side scripting language, while Python is valued for its dynamics, availability, and ...

As a well rounded programmer (experience with C, C++, Java, C#, and a few others) I've always been inclined toward non-web programming, but I've decided to focus on web design/coding to get myself ...

PHP, the venerable server-side scripting language, is famous for its use in Web development. First released in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, it has been leveraged by the likes of WordPress and Facebook and ...

Programming languages are like standards; the nice thing about them is that there are so many to choose from. Selecting the best programming languages for back-end, server-side applications often has ...

The former second-class citizens of the programming world have leaped to the fore, changing the face of enterprise software development. With the rise of Web 2.0, scripting languages (also called ...

PHP 8.5 has been released, adding an extension for securely parsing URIs and URLs to the now-30-year-old server-side scripting language. Described as a major update, PHP 8.5 was released November 20 ...

It is a very frequently asked question and one that tends to rapidly digress into a platform war over the merits of Linux or Windows. This type of argument may actually reflect how difficult it is to ...

It's not news to find out that JavaScript has become the new crowd favorite for front-end development, but what is surprising is how quickly it is also catching on in the back end, powering many of ...

Since Google Plus and a few other cutting-edge websites now render entirely on the client, let's review why server-side rendering is desirable at all. Server-side rendering means when the browser ...