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 ...

A small program run on the server that automates or controls certain functions or links one program to another. On the Web, a CGI script is an example of a server-side script. Contrast with ...

Facebook parent Meta now encourages its engineers to use C++ and Rust programming languages for coding high-performance backend services. Rust, initially developed within Mozilla, is joining Meta as ...

I'm currently entangled in the middle of a debate with a friend of mine over which direction the web interface of our project should go. One of the limitations of the server is that it's extremely low ...

When I began to write server-side web applications, there were two mainstream choices: if you wanted the program to execute quickly, you chose C, and if you wanted to write the program quickly, you ...

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 ...

A lot of server-side scripting solutions exist. PHP, which we explored a bit in recent columns, is but one of them. Though it’s similar to JavaScript, and you certainly can apply your JavaScript ...