JavaScript for Not Yet Techies 2

"Computer Careers: High Tech Jobs to Design Smart Interactive Web Pages"

by Richard Stooker, President Info Ring Press and author of Secrets of Changing to a Computer Career

JavaScript is often used for filling out forms on web sites

JavaScript processes the information given by the prospect to inform or entertain them, and collects the information for your later use, such as sending it to an online database.

Microsoft developed VBScript to compete with JavaScript, and VBS does much the same things.

JavaScript is currently the most common and the industry standard for computer careers, but that could change

If you are already familiar with Java or C++, it will be easier for you to learn. If you already know Visual Basic, VBScript will be easier for you to learn.

If you are designing webs for a controlled, corporate intranet environment where you know every user will be using Internet Explorer, and especially if you will want to use Microsoft’s Active X technology, you should use VBScript. On the Internet itself, JS is still probably the best choice.

In recent years, many browsers did not support it, but this is not as much of a concern now. What should be a concern to you if your web site is a business, is that having it on your site will do two adverse things.

It will slow down loading time. This is bad because prospects will become impatient and go to another site. Surveys indicate that slow-loading web sites is one of the most common complaints people have about surfing the web.

The other problem is that on your web site Java Script could adversely affect search engine placement

If your web site is not one of the top web sites under your important key words, it may as well not exist, because prospects will never find it.

So, my advice for those of you in business or in a computer job using it is, leave the Java Script off your home page, but use it where it adds value to your site deeper inside, especially for product and customer support.

If you want to start a computer career in web development/design or almost anything to do with the Internet, JavaScript is an important language to learn.

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