[Year 12 IT Apps] Front Page Question - Javascript

[Kevork Krozian]

Hi Mark and David and colleagues,

 Wikipedia has a very succinct summary of how these names and connections
came about at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript.  In fact
javascript is really Netscape's and now Mozilla's specific implementation
of  ECMAScript. Microsoft's version was JScript.
 ECMAScript has many dialects such as JavaScript, ActionScript, JScript,
JScript .NET, DMDScript, InScript.
 The link above includes the original combined press release by Sun and
Netscape. Fascinating reading ......

Best wishes
Kevork



> Yes - Netscape licensed the "Java" part of "Javascript" from Sun to give
> the script language some instant credibility.
>
> Like a mother naming her son "Prince" I suppose  :-)
>
> David Dawson wrote:
>> Hi
>> Sorry to be a pain - but that is actually JavaScript - not Java - the
>> two languages are completely different. Students should actually know
>> them as different languages IMHO!
>> JavaScript is client side and works with HTML - processed in the Browser
>> it is basically a scripting language allowing local processing (and is
>> not an allowed language in Software Devt 3/4)
>> Java - only works in web apps as Applets - and is server side - it may
>> be linked to databases and is permitted as a language in Software Devt
>> 3/4.
>> There are a couple of programming CDs available from VITTA with
>> tutorials in both languages.
>> regards
>> David Dawson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Ross Taylor
>> Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2007 2:04 PM
>> To: itapps at edulists.com.au
>> Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Front Page Question
>>
>>  Kent
>>
>> One of my kids used a simple java password script in their Dreamweaver
>> SAC -
>> just pasted it into the HTML script - worked a treat!
>>
>> I have attached it - hope it helps you
>>
>> Ross Taylor
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 13:51:52 +1000
>> From: "Kent Beveridge" <kbeveridge at stbc.vic.edu.au>
>> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] Front page question
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>> Hi Kevork, thanks for the response but unless I misunderstand you, you
>> are
>> referring to network management stuff. I can do that at the server (or
>> at
>> least I could when I was a system manager, but not now..). My question
>> relates to creating a secure page entry for the web site that students
>> need
>> to create for OC2.
>> ie, they create a link to a page on their site, it asks for a password
>> and
>> then, after correct entry of the password they can enter that link.
>> All ideas
>>
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