On Nov 18, 4:13 pm, "Hassan" <has***@test.com> wrote:
> Are there any pros and cons of VBScript and JScript ?
>
> I want to learn one scripting language and just bought a book on VBScript,
> but also see many programmers using JScript for their Web programming ?
>
> So i want to know when to use one vs the other ?
>
> Please let me know. I dont want to spend too much time studying one language
> and then realize I should have started with the other.
>
> So one question is whatever I do with one scripting language, can the other
> do it equally well ?
>
> Thanks

"Kuma" <kumasa***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Nov 18, 4:13 pm, "Hassan" <has***@test.com> wrote:
>> Are there any pros and cons of VBScript and JScript ?
>>
>> I want to learn one scripting language and just bought a book on
>> VBScript,
>> but also see many programmers using JScript for their Web programming ?
>>
>> So i want to know when to use one vs the other ?
>>
>> Please let me know. I dont want to spend too much time studying one
>> language
>> and then realize I should have started with the other.
>>
>> So one question is whatever I do with one scripting language, can the
>> other
>> do it equally well ?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> My 0.02 cents. They are not equal. While either one is probably
> capable of doing the same tasks, each has strengths and weaknesses.
> Check out this http://webcoder.info/reference/vbsvsjs.html for a bit
> of background. I would ask what you are planning to do. If you are
> looking at web development VBScript or Javascript are probably your
> best choices. I don't know very many people who actually use JScript.
> If you are looking at server administration scripting, I would
> strongly recommend looking at Windows Powershell. Again people may
> disagree bu that's my point of view.

On Nov 20, 5:16 am, "Hassan" <has***@test.com> wrote:
> I thought JScript was Javascript.
>
> Maybe i should have asked differences between VBScript and Javascript. Can
> you tell me the pros and cons.
>
> "Kuma" <kumasa***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
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>
>
>
> > On Nov 18, 4:13 pm, "Hassan" <has***@test.com> wrote:
> >> Are there any pros and cons of VBScript and JScript ?
>
> >> I want to learn one scripting language and just bought a book on
> >> VBScript,
> >> but also see many programmers using JScript for their Web programming ?
>
> >> So i want to know when to use one vs the other ?
>
> >> Please let me know. I dont want to spend too much time studying one
> >> language
> >> and then realize I should have started with the other.
>
> >> So one question is whatever I do with one scripting language, can the
> >> other
> >> do it equally well ?
>
> >> Thanks
>
> > My 0.02 cents. They are not equal. While either one is probably
> > capable of doing the same tasks, each has strengths and weaknesses.
> > Check out thishttp://webcoder.info/reference/vbsvsjs.htmlfor a bit
> > of background. I would ask what you are planning to do. If you are
> > looking at web development VBScript or Javascript are probably your
> > best choices. I don't know very many people who actually use JScript.
> > If you are looking at server administration scripting, I would
> > strongly recommend looking at Windows Powershell. Again people may
> > disagree bu that's my point of view.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -