Scripts

There are 2 common scripting methods used in the development of web pages that are more interactive. These 2 methods are known as Client-Side and Server-Side Scripting. With Client-Side Scripting, the scripts on the page are processed by the individual web browser that requests the page. With Server-Side Scripting, on the other hand, all scripts are processed on the server before the requested page is ever sent to the browser. This results in no actual code being …

…or client-side depending on which computer (the server or the client) executes them. Occurring on the server side of a client-server system. For example, on the World Wide Web, CGI scripts are server-side applications because they run on the Web server. In contrast, JavaScript scripts are client-side because they are executed by your browser (the client). Java applets can be either server-side or client-side depending on which computer (the server or the client) executes them.