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Foil 38 Some (New) Web Technologies in a Nutshell - JavaScript

From Overview of Web Technologies for "Programming for the Web" CPS406/606 Fall 97 -- August 25,1997. by Nancy McCracken, Tom Scavo, Geoffrey Fox *
(For WebWisdom)
JavaScript -- only superficially related to Java and was called LiveScript -- is Netscape's fully interpreted Client side extension of HTML. This is a good Client Window integration/customization technology where flexibility more important than performance
i.e. use JavaScript for Rapid Prototyping of Complex User Interfaces
  • Current examples use JavaScript together with frames ( HTML extension) for interactive multi-window technologies
  • JavaScript is roughly equivalent to "Abstract Windowing Toolkit/ Layout Manager" in Java but applied to Netscape Frames and not Java windows
  • JavaScript cannot build filters or simulations as slow and little built-in support except

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