JavaScript is one of the most used client-side scripting language on the Web. Both major browsers (Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator) implemented the ECMA-262 JavaScript standard (also known as ECMAScript).

VBScript

Microsoft has replyed to JavaScript challange with his own client-side scripting language. VBScript runs only on Internet Explorer thst's why many web developers choose JavaScript for their scripts.

The "Web boom" has brought on the WWW scene a new way of creating pages and interacting with the user. Combining different languages in a package offers developers easy access to databases and a more powerful control over HTML and user acces. ASP provides built-in session management functionality that allows developers to persist data and also COM component instances (like database connections) for the duration of a session.